---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sebring Airport Authority, Highlands County"
description: "Sebring Airport Authority, Highlands County; Revises powers of Authority; authorizes Authority to issue bonds secured by & payable from any legally available source, to issue bonds on unsecured basis, to pledge all legally available funds for repayment of debt, & to enter into public-private partnerships to effectuate purposes of act; revises bidding threshold; provides all debt obligations issued by authority are tax exempt to extent allowed by law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 993"
citation: "Florida HB 993 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-239"
primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe88a82e-2efa-460c-bce7-a378f040af19"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/993/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ec446aa6fbae97fcb7972cc8c548d2fc10ea93d3f11365626a5719b2daeef82a"
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 993 (2022) — Sebring Airport Authority, Highlands County

Sebring Airport Authority, Highlands County; Revises powers of Authority; authorizes Authority to issue bonds secured by & payable from any legally available source, to issue bonds on unsecured basis, to pledge all legally available funds for repayment of debt, & to enter into public-private partnerships to effectuate purposes of act; revises bidding threshold; provides all debt obligations issued by authority are tax exempt to extent allowed by law.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-239.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 993 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/993/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 993 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/993/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tuck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-14** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-19** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-01-27** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2022-01-31** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-01-31** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-04** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/24/2022)
- **2022-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** In Messages
- **2022-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/10/22
- **2022-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-29** Chapter No. 2022-239

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe88a82e-2efa-460c-bce7-a378f040af19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).