---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Constitutional Officers"
description: "County Constitutional Officers; Prohibits county from creating office, special district, or governmental unit, or expanding powers or authority of such office, district, or unit, under certain conditions; provides county commissioner is guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office under certain conditions; authorizes state to withhold county funding under certain conditions; authorizes county constitutional officers & residents to bring action in circuit court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1373"
citation: "Florida HB 1373 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-306"
primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23e81a8b-bb25-48b2-85ad-bb53d46a5f91"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1373/ByCategory"
source_hash: "39728ce9ef46f5c2f835a852daeb660328618e37f45e1089526ff2ae59120d23"
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 1373 (2023) — County Constitutional Officers

County Constitutional Officers; Prohibits county from creating office, special district, or governmental unit, or expanding powers or authority of such office, district, or unit, under certain conditions; provides county commissioner is guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office under certain conditions; authorizes state to withhold county funding under certain conditions; authorizes county constitutional officers & residents to bring action in circuit court.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-306.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1373 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1373/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1373 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1373/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-11** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/04/23
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chapter No. 2023-306

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23e81a8b-bb25-48b2-85ad-bb53d46a5f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).