---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Museum of Black History"
description: "Florida Museum of Black History; Creates Florida Museum of Black History Task Force within Division of Historical Resources of DOS; provides for appointment of task force members by Governor & Legislature; provides requirements for members of task force; requires task force to develop certain plans & recommendations; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature before certain date; provides for expiration of task force; authorizes Legislature to consider commissioning, construction, operation, & administration of Florida Museum of Black History."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1441"
citation: "Florida HB 1441 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-72"
primary_sponsors: ["Antone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f260c5-be1e-42dd-ae1e-65caec7ecfc8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1441/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fc9e97199fb09db75a10877b61a55d77043c1e5ea6012806857d7b62ed98f063"
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 1441 (2023) — Florida Museum of Black History

Florida Museum of Black History; Creates Florida Museum of Black History Task Force within Division of Historical Resources of DOS; provides for appointment of task force members by Governor & Legislature; provides requirements for members of task force; requires task force to develop certain plans & recommendations; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature before certain date; provides for expiration of task force; authorizes Legislature to consider commissioning, construction, operation, & administration of Florida Museum of Black History.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-72.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1441 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1441/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1441 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1441/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1441 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1441/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Antone — primary (person)
- Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-24** PCS added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with CS by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **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** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1606
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-72

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f260c5-be1e-42dd-ae1e-65caec7ecfc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).