---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Gainesville, Alachua County"
description: "City of Gainesville, Alachua County; Creates Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority; establishes authority as governing board of GRU."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1645"
citation: "Florida HB 1645 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-348"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-10"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/903aefbf-2443-45e6-9e2e-7213a4d80ea1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1645/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cb95fe9b6189ea3ea7af85de587d7025c4c60bb0b998af7c19016f7b151463f5"
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 1645 (2023) — City of Gainesville, Alachua County

City of Gainesville, Alachua County; Creates Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority; establishes authority as governing board of GRU.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-348.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1645 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1645/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1645 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1645/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1645 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1645/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **81–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clemons — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-10** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-17** PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-21** 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** Amendment 489881 Failed
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 842919 Failed
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 208369 Failed
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 411523 Failed
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 933689 Failed
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 33 `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** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-07** Chapter No. 2023-348

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/903aefbf-2443-45e6-9e2e-7213a4d80ea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).