---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program"
description: "Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program; Revises use of certain funds from Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to include construction of certain facilities; requires Manufactured Housing & Mobile Home Mitigation & Enhancement Program to be operated by Gulf Coast State College; removes construction related to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation coverage rates; delays future repeal of Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program; transfers specified powers, duties, functions, records, property, issues, & funds relating to Manufactured Housing & Mobile Home Mitigation & Enhancement Program from Tallahassee Community College to Gulf Coast State College."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 837"
citation: "Florida HB 837 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-137"
primary_sponsors: ["Willhite"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-02"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f24bf0-d3be-42fd-b879-0410e9b47b40"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/837/ByCategory"
source_hash: "854584a477723bbeedd6dcc2ee910b1bd431be5265e137c9d7fe4fadfd671904"
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 837 (2022) — Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program

Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program; Revises use of certain funds from Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to include construction of certain facilities; requires Manufactured Housing & Mobile Home Mitigation & Enhancement Program to be operated by Gulf Coast State College; removes construction related to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation coverage rates; delays future repeal of Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program; transfers specified powers, duties, functions, records, property, issues, & funds relating to Manufactured Housing & Mobile Home Mitigation & Enhancement Program from Tallahassee Community College to Gulf Coast State College.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-137.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 837 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/837/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 837 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/837/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 837 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/837/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 837 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/837/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Willhite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-16** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-16** Referred to Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-16** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-16** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-31** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-02** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-03** CS Filed
- **2022-02-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Original reference removed: Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-14** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-16** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-16** CS Filed
- **2022-02-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-21** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 578
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-26** Chapter No. 2022-137; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2022-157)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f24bf0-d3be-42fd-b879-0410e9b47b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).