---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority"
description: "Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority; Dissolves TBARTA; provides for discharge of liabilities & assumption of outstanding liabilities; requires TBARTA to settle & close its affairs & transfer pending activities; requires closure & dispensing of federal & state funds; provides for distribution of TBARTA's remaining assets; requires notification of final dissolution; requires forwarding of TBARTA records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Florida HB 155 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public transportation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-143"
primary_sponsors: ["Holcomb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc4342d-1eef-4a96-b1bd-66d9eaa715f6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/155/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9e98b154bfa9616a40840efc38c8247b54aa29401640c0a0011920c7d7cb46ff"
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 155 (2023) — Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority

Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority; Dissolves TBARTA; provides for discharge of liabilities & assumption of outstanding liabilities; requires TBARTA to settle & close its affairs & transfer pending activities; requires closure & dispensing of federal & state funds; provides for distribution of TBARTA's remaining assets; requires notification of final dissolution; requires forwarding of TBARTA records.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-143.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 155 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/155/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 155 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/155/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 155 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/155/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holcomb — primary (person)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-02-01** PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-08** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-02-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-17** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-24** Favorable by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-24** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-03-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-24** In Messages
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-19** Substituted for CS/SB 198
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-143

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc4342d-1eef-4a96-b1bd-66d9eaa715f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).