---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Business and Professional Regulation"
description: "Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring that certain reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division’s electronic data submission system; requiring that certain entities file reports, rather than returns, relating to tobacco products with the division; exempting certain persons from specified permit requirements under certain circumstances; authorizing specified establishments to submit a request for a temporary permit, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1966"
citation: "Florida SB 1966 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "and solicitations", "regulation of professions and occupations", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-135"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c5b080-13d8-453d-aa01-daca0911d476"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1966/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6a72e58e0c91093256949706f5b3d6071e2e194c0a5bfbf36a6ff79813c316d2"
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 SB 1966 (2021) — Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring that certain reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division’s electronic data submission system; requiring that certain entities file reports, rather than returns, relating to tobacco products with the division; exempting certain persons from specified permit requirements under certain circumstances; authorizing specified establishments to submit a request for a temporary permit, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-135.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1966 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1966/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1966 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1966/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1966 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1966/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1966 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1966/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1966 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1966/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/30/21, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-30** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-31** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-01** CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
- **2021-04-02** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
- **2021-04-15** CS/CS by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-16** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-19** Original reference(s) removed: Rules
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) adopted (417476)
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-135, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 630 (Ch. 2021-99)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c5b080-13d8-453d-aa01-daca0911d476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).