---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Affairs"
description: "Military Affairs; Revises provisions relating to military positions in certain employment classes & officer appointments; requires Adjutant General to serve as Commanding General of militia; establishes Florida Code of Military Justice (FCMJ); authorizes courts-martial to try Florida National Guard members for offenses punishable by FCMJ; revises provisions relating to courts-martial & punishments adjudged thereby; authorizes military judge to issue pretrial confinement warrants & subpoenas; revises membership, terms, & meeting requirements of Armory Board; provides members of Florida National Guard are subject to FCMJ regardless of status; revises circumstances under which physician may practice medicine during emergency, disaster, or federal military training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "Florida HB 873 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military affairs and related matters", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-148"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a73cae4c-8d70-4680-9689-f2b812ccad84"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/873/ByCategory"
source_hash: "892dd9155967797a212a4643c65ce71a6c3c30c7bc7bdc84bef98837de70978b"
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 873 (2021) — Military Affairs

Military Affairs; Revises provisions relating to military positions in certain employment classes & officer appointments; requires Adjutant General to serve as Commanding General of militia; establishes Florida Code of Military Justice (FCMJ); authorizes courts-martial to try Florida National Guard members for offenses punishable by FCMJ; revises provisions relating to courts-martial & punishments adjudged thereby; authorizes military judge to issue pretrial confinement warrants & subpoenas; revises membership, terms, & meeting requirements of Armory Board; provides members of Florida National Guard are subject to FCMJ regardless of status; revises circumstances under which physician may practice medicine during emergency, disaster, or federal military training.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-148.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 873 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/873/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 873 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/873/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 873 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/873/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-12** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-16** CS Filed
- **2021-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-17** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of State Affairs 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 (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for SB 770
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a73cae4c-8d70-4680-9689-f2b812ccad84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).