---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marina Evacuations"
description: "Marina Evacuations; Prohibits vessels under specified weight from remaining in certain marinas that have been deemed unsuitable for refuge during hurricane after issuance of hurricane watch; requires marina owner, operator, employee, or agent to remove specified vessels; provides that such owner, operator, employee, or agent may charge vessel owner reasonable fee for such removal & may not be held liable for any damages as result of such removal; provides that owners or operators of certain vessels may be subject to fine that deepwater seaport issuing evacuation order may impose & collect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Florida HB 223 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-108"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be0e5bc-4b0b-40ea-93f7-a326da2ff5ad"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/223/ByCategory"
source_hash: "170114c7f02fb41a5c73b32ddebff46e6f60390e88997ebf6a6f7303b909cdeb"
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 223 (2021) — Marina Evacuations

Marina Evacuations; Prohibits vessels under specified weight from remaining in certain marinas that have been deemed unsuitable for refuge during hurricane after issuance of hurricane watch; requires marina owner, operator, employee, or agent to remove specified vessels; provides that such owner, operator, employee, or agent may charge vessel owner reasonable fee for such removal & may not be held liable for any damages as result of such removal; provides that owners or operators of certain vessels may be subject to fine that deepwater seaport issuing evacuation order may impose & collect.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-108.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 223 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/223/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 223 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/223/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 223 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/223/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 223 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/223/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee; Pandemics and Public Emergencies Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-16** Favorable by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2021-02-16** Now in Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Added to Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with CS by Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-18** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-18** CS Filed
- **2021-03-18** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-03-22** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-14** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-14** Substituted for SB 578
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-14** In Messages
- **2021-04-14** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17** Chapter No. 2021-108

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4be0e5bc-4b0b-40ea-93f7-a326da2ff5ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).