--- type: "Bill" title: "United States Space Force" description: "United States Space Force; Revising the definition of the term “uniformed service” to include the United States Space Force; revising the Armed Forces officers authorized to take or administer specified oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgements to include United States Space Force officers; revising the military service branches for which any county or state official who is called to active service may receive a leave of absence; updating military base names; adding post exchanges operated by the United States Space Force to those that are exempt from paying tax on cigarettes sold; revising the armed forces uniforms that are protected from imitation to include uniforms of the United States Space Force, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2022" identifier: "SB 438" citation: "Florida SB 438 (2022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["and use", "aviation", "electors and elections", "insurance", "military affairs and related matters", "public officers", "employees", "and records", "real and personal property", "regulation of trade", "commerce", "investments", "and", "veterans"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2022-183" primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security"] version_count: 4 action_count: 34 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2021-10-12" last_action: "2022-06-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed278085-1554-4676-9e29-bf4a235afe9c" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/ByCategory" source_hash: "c3de5e55239c591b4ecc8a4bbff71843078b47833fdc70fce5f1e86aeae49d90" 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 438 (2022) — United States Space Force United States Space Force; Revising the definition of the term “uniformed service” to include the United States Space Force; revising the Armed Forces officers authorized to take or administer specified oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgements to include United States Space Force officers; revising the military service branches for which any county or state official who is called to active service may receive a leave of absence; updating military base names; adding post exchanges operated by the United States Space Force to those that are exempt from paying tax on cigarettes sold; revising the armed forces uniforms that are protected from imitation to include uniforms of the United States Space Force, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-183. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 438 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 438 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 438 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/e1/HTML) 4. **S 438 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Burgess — primary (person) - Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-10-12** Filed `filing` - **2021-10-21** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2022-01-06** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building - **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction` - **2022-01-11** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 - **2022-01-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2022-01-12** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development - **2022-01-18** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time - **2022-01-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/26/22, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2022-01-26** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2022-01-26** Now in Appropriations - **2022-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2022-02-09** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22 - **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-02-23** Amendment(s) adopted (762026) - **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-02-23** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-02-23** Immediately certified - **2022-02-23** In Messages - **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022) - **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) - **2022-03-03** Substituted for HB 465 - **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading - **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled - **2022-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2022-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2022-06-10** Chapter No. 2022-183, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 430 (Ch. 2022-182) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).