---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facility Requirements Based on Sex"
description: "Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Provides requirements for exclusive use of restrooms & changing facilities by gender; prohibits willfully entering restroom or changing facility designated for opposite sex & refusing to depart when asked to do so; provides requirements for exclusive use of domestic violence centers by gender; provides requirements for correctional institutions; requires entities that receive state licenses to submit compliance documentation; authorizes AG to bring enforcement actions provides exception for individuals born with certain genetically or biochemically verifiable disorder of sex development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1521"
citation: "Florida HB 1521 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-106"
primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cb33a86-242d-43e9-961c-38ff025e2833"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1521/ByCategory"
source_hash: "96e28f334e09d5aa4a80518813a7ee0b34c75b3ea970584a6c5307c94d3b5f81"
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 1521 (2023) — Facility Requirements Based on Sex

Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Provides requirements for exclusive use of restrooms & changing facilities by gender; prohibits willfully entering restroom or changing facility designated for opposite sex & refusing to depart when asked to do so; provides requirements for exclusive use of domestic violence centers by gender; provides requirements for correctional institutions; requires entities that receive state licenses to submit compliance documentation; authorizes AG to bring enforcement actions provides exception for individuals born with certain genetically or biochemically verifiable disorder of sex development.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-106.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1521 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1521/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1521 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1521/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1521 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1521/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1521 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1521/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **80–36** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **80–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plakon — primary (person)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** 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 Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-24** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Commerce Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-12** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-12** 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** Amendment 389531 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 305445 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 483289 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 504107 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 696301 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 095191 Failed
- **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 80, NAYS 37 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** 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 1674
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (730228)
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** In Messages
- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 36 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 730228 Concur
- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cb33a86-242d-43e9-961c-38ff025e2833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).