---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trespass on Airport Property"
description: "Trespass on Airport Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "Florida HB 523 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["sentencing", "airports", "trespass"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-151"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f7a7b2-1252-482c-a260-40c7920462e3"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00523/ByCategory"
source_hash: "00912f7d80430e445e062ecc8d0107d76410d690f314a88600f4bf5bd1e96c8a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 523 (2018) — Trespass on Airport Property

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-151.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 523 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/523/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 523 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/523/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-03** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2017-12-06** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-06** Now in Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2018-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 01/09/18, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Favorable by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-09** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/25/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-25** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 756, 757
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Criminal Justice; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for SB 1094
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 1018, 1019
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-151

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4f7a7b2-1252-482c-a260-40c7920462e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).