---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Gainesville, Alachua County"
description: "City of Gainesville, Alachua County; Authorizes issuance of special license to mobile food dispensing vehicles to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption of alcoholic beverages within specified area; provides requirements; prohibits licensee from selling alcoholic beverages by package for consumption outside specified area; provides for issuance of an unlimited number of licenses within specified area; provides that operator is not exempt from meeting requirements to hold a license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 751"
citation: "Florida HB 751 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-245"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemons Sr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fa29097-9685-416e-898d-7977db95bd56"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/751/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5f078309545e06320edbf476a02273ba05220ca6df71db837ffb8753a87b8666"
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 751 (2021) — City of Gainesville, Alachua County

City of Gainesville, Alachua County; Authorizes issuance of special license to mobile food dispensing vehicles to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption of alcoholic beverages within specified area; provides requirements; prohibits licensee from selling alcoholic beverages by package for consumption outside specified area; provides for issuance of an unlimited number of licenses within specified area; provides that operator is not exempt from meeting requirements to hold a license.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-245.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 751 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/751/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 751 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/751/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clemons Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-15** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-17** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-24** 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** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** In Messages
- **2021-04-01** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** 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
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-245

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fa29097-9685-416e-898d-7977db95bd56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).