---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cottage Food Operations"
description: "Cottage Food Operations; Increasing the annual gross sales limitation for exempting cottage food operations from certain food and building permitting requirements; authorizing the sale, offer for sale, and delivery of cottage food products by mail; preempting the regulation of cottage food operations to the state; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting cottage food operations or regulating cottage food products by cottage food operations; requiring cottage food operations to comply with certain conditions for the operation of home-based businesses, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "Florida HB 663 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-211"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1254422-7c9b-4b54-a757-49d19176ca0c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/663/ByCategory"
source_hash: "071350bd34e958eca12e5728a9470dc0836d5485bbb3bf1ee46e2817be6d7e73"
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 663 (2021) — Cottage Food Operations

Cottage Food Operations; Increasing the annual gross sales limitation for exempting cottage food operations from certain food and building permitting requirements; authorizing the sale, offer for sale, and delivery of cottage food products by mail; preempting the regulation of cottage food operations to the state; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting cottage food operations or regulating cottage food products by cottage food operations; requiring cottage food operations to comply with certain conditions for the operation of home-based businesses, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-211.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 663 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/663/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 663 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/663/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 663 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/663/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 663 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/663/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **91–24** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **90–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regulatory Reform Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-02-26** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-02** CS Filed
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-05** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-10** 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 91, NAYS 24 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-28** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 1294
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (932452)
- **2021-04-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 10 -SJ 854, 855 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-30** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 932452 Concur
- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 90, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-30** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-211; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 403 (Ch. 2021-202)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1254422-7c9b-4b54-a757-49d19176ca0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).