---
type: "Bill"
title: "Space Florida Financing"
description: "Space Florida Financing; Specifies bonding provisions to which Space Florida is subject; revises powers of Space Florida; removes provisions regarding presentation of bond proposals to, & approval of bond issuance by, Governor & Cabinet; revises provisions relating to securing issuance of revenue bonds; repeals provisions relating to pledging assessments & other revenues & properties as additional security on bonds, issuance of bond anticipation notes, & short-term borrowing; revises provisions relating to lien of pledges; revises bond maturity date requirements; authorizes Space Florida to validate bonds pursuant to certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Florida HB 717 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-105"
primary_sponsors: ["Sirois"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-11-20"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb340e14-45ea-470c-887d-1860435a267b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/ByCategory"
source_hash: "47fd1f0e51a7ed1567e484c67add0b7e7c428bf0bac81b0502846efc3a99a3f9"
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 717 (2020) — Space Florida Financing

Space Florida Financing; Specifies bonding provisions to which Space Florida is subject; revises powers of Space Florida; removes provisions regarding presentation of bond proposals to, & approval of bond issuance by, Governor & Cabinet; revises provisions relating to securing issuance of revenue bonds; repeals provisions relating to pledging assessments & other revenues & properties as additional security on bonds, issuance of bond anticipation notes, & short-term borrowing; revises provisions relating to lien of pledges; revises bond maturity date requirements; authorizes Space Florida to validate bonds pursuant to certain provisions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-105.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 717 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 717 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 717 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Workforce Development & Tourism Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sirois — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-03** Referred to Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2020-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 01/27/20, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-27** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-27** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-06** CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-06** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-07** CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Received
- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1070
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-105

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb340e14-45ea-470c-887d-1860435a267b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).