---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Economic Development Agencies"
description: "Pub. Rec./Economic Development Agencies; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by economic development agency; provides that such information may be released in aggregated & anonymized format; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Florida HB 379 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-23"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/febab327-5113-4c84-bd3f-d2f662414e2f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/379/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2de5733562036d5e1c0fc228ec9fcc8c90ffc60ce0c8f7eec83329225f929fde"
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 379 (2021) — Pub. Rec./Economic Development Agencies

Pub. Rec./Economic Development Agencies; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by economic development agency; provides that such information may be released in aggregated & anonymized format; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-23.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 379 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/379/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 379 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/379/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 379 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/379/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 379 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/379/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **102–13** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-15** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-18** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-19** CS Filed
- **2021-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-29** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for CS/SB 968
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) adopted (927352)
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 927352 Concur
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/febab327-5113-4c84-bd3f-d2f662414e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).