---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residency of Local Elected Officials"
description: "Residency of Local Elected Officials; Prohibiting changes to county commissioner district boundaries during a specified timeframe; prohibiting the consideration of the residential addresses of certain persons during the district-drawing process for boards of county commissioners, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 411"
citation: "Florida HB 411 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-101"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2dbece0-4cea-455d-8ecf-2ba58a7cf364"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/411/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0f76596aefb375f69a76750d6452231f8b08e938f9e6a387c0aa2f3144e215c6"
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 411 (2023) — Residency of Local Elected Officials

Residency of Local Elected Officials; Prohibiting changes to county commissioner district boundaries during a specified timeframe; prohibiting the consideration of the residential addresses of certain persons during the district-drawing process for boards of county commissioners, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-101.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 411 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/411/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 411 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/411/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 411 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/411/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **87–25** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee) — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **83–28** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2023-03-08** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-21** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment 150049 Failed
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-27** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/SB 444
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) adopted (607192)
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 607192 Concur
- **2023-05-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 87, NAYS 25 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-101

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2dbece0-4cea-455d-8ecf-2ba58a7cf364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).