---
type: "Bill"
title: "Okeechobee County"
description: "Okeechobee County; Transfers real property from Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund to Board of Trustees of Indian River State College, requires assessment and report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1603"
citation: "Florida HB 1603 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-345"
primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/673899fd-1bb1-445d-9636-0c67d2318706"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1603/ByCategory"
source_hash: "459d223966356312feb4688de92bffaa0a1f09cf8161fefbe27ffd36eab1c905"
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 1603 (2023) — Okeechobee County

Okeechobee County; Transfers real property from Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund to Board of Trustees of Indian River State College, requires assessment and report.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-345.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1603 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1603/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1603 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1603/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tuck — primary (person)
- Basabe — 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 Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Now in Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Added to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-29** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-03-31** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-31** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **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`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-07** Chapter No. 2023-345

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/673899fd-1bb1-445d-9636-0c67d2318706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).