---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Orlando, Orange County"
description: "City of Orlando, Orange County; Creates special zones in City of Orlando; provides boundaries, exception to general law, & requirements for special alcoholic beverage licenses for restaurants in described areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1647"
citation: "Florida HB 1647 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-265"
primary_sponsors: ["Plasencia"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/975293d7-9898-435e-80f8-5bee6c009b52"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1647/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b539f40a4f71d62dd3f73db33143007e9e4204d4d33c37fa04cfea3f399315f2"
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 1647 (2021) — City of Orlando, Orange County

City of Orlando, Orange County; Creates special zones in City of Orlando; provides boundaries, exception to general law, & requirements for special alcoholic beverage licenses for restaurants in described areas.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-265.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1647 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1647/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1647 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1647/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Plasencia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** 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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** 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** 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. 2021-265

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/975293d7-9898-435e-80f8-5bee6c009b52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).