---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels"
description: "Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels; Provides that annual registration fee is required only if labels or brands are sold to distributor; specifies that no other registration fee is authorized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "Florida HB 1459 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-294"
primary_sponsors: ["Yeager"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf46a409-c17c-438a-b606-38fde036ec65"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1459/ByCategory"
source_hash: "50e82160dd0e8cb5ab1f11bd011ac4f58dd8055144d68a61c3c69194350786c3"
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 1459 (2023) — Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels

Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels; Provides that annual registration fee is required only if labels or brands are sold to distributor; specifies that no other registration fee is authorized.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-294.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1459 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1459/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1459 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1459/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yeager — primary (person)
- Cross — 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 Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Commerce Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for SB 658
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Chapter No. 2023-294

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf46a409-c17c-438a-b606-38fde036ec65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).