---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Studies"
description: "Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Studies; Revises purposes for which DEP may provide grants under Resilient Florida Grant Program to counties, municipalities, & water management districts; requires state-financed constructors to take specified actions before commencing construction; requires DEP to develop specified sea level impact projection study standard; provides for civil actions, injunctive relief, recovery of certain funds, & enforcement; provides for future repeal of requirements for construction of certain structures in coastal building zone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "Florida HB 111 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-231"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40566e13-8e15-4621-9021-f6071ba52d23"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/111/ByCategory"
source_hash: "83389b7396f9c766c5bfb80fefb3681c2c7c3f0b0145900bd5bc93b533bfa5fc"
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 111 (2023) — Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Studies

Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Studies; Revises purposes for which DEP may provide grants under Resilient Florida Grant Program to counties, municipalities, & water management districts; requires state-financed constructors to take specified actions before commencing construction; requires DEP to develop specified sea level impact projection study standard; provides for civil actions, injunctive relief, recovery of certain funds, & enforcement; provides for future repeal of requirements for construction of certain structures in coastal building zone.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-231.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 111 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/111/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 111 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/111/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 111 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/111/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** PCS added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with CS by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-10** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/18/2023)
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1170
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-231

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40566e13-8e15-4621-9021-f6071ba52d23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).