---
type: "Bill"
title: "International Affairs"
description: "International Affairs; Requiring the Secretary of State to serve as the state protocol officer; requiring that certain organizations provide notice of international travel to the Department of State, rather than the Department of Economic Opportunity; authorizing the Department of State to support the establishment of citizen support organizations for certain purposes; prohibiting the department from allowing a citizen support organization to use certain services, property, or facilities if the organization does not provide equal membership and employment opportunities, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7049"
citation: "Florida HB 7049 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-93"
primary_sponsors: ["Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ca4b29-ff09-4234-a1f1-e849a40a014f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7049/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4ba50082283fc0943611978555431a0b1a3fc92358419c2c919495ff3a0a68ee"
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 7049 (2020) — International Affairs

International Affairs; Requiring the Secretary of State to serve as the state protocol officer; requiring that certain organizations provide notice of international travel to the Department of State, rather than the Department of Economic Opportunity; authorizing the Department of State to support the establishment of citizen support organizations for certain purposes; prohibiting the department from allowing a citizen support organization to use certain services, property, or facilities if the organization does not provide equal membership and employment opportunities, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-93.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7049 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7049/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7049 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7049/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 7049 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7049/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable with 1 amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/05/20, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-05** Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 26 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/12/20
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Immediately certified
- **2020-02-13** In Messages
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Received
- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Rules (130920); YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2020-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
- **2020-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/20
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Amendment(s) adopted (130920)
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (130920)
- **2020-03-12** Passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-93

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ca4b29-ff09-4234-a1f1-e849a40a014f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).