---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Freeport, Walton County"
description: "City of Freeport, Walton County; Provides exceptions to general law; provides requirements for specialty center designation; authorizes sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises of specialty center under certain conditions; provides that applicant for alcoholic beverage license to be located in specialty center may not be denied licensure under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1645"
citation: "Florida HB 1645 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-264"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebf9741d-4cc0-4fd7-a5c3-0afb408bbb44"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1645/ByCategory"
source_hash: "99a4528e8be19ebaaa29432c9d45477518c173805321c45137fd6ead328177f1"
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 1645 (2021) — City of Freeport, Walton County

City of Freeport, Walton County; Provides exceptions to general law; provides requirements for specialty center designation; authorizes sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises of specialty center under certain conditions; provides that applicant for alcoholic beverage license to be located in specialty center may not be denied licensure under certain conditions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-264.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1645 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1645/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1645 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1645/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1645 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1645/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1645 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1645/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills, Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-23** CS Filed
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-26** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Amendment 047985 filed
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 047985 adopted
- **2021-04-20** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-20** In Messages
- **2021-04-20** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Local Calendar, 04/29/21
- **2021-04-29** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-264

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebf9741d-4cc0-4fd7-a5c3-0afb408bbb44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).