---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items"
description: "Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items; Authorizes condominium unit owners to display certain flags on Patriot Day; authorizes homeowners to display certain number of specified flags regardless of certain prohibitions in governing documents of homeowners' association; defines \"first responder flag\"; prohibits homeowners' associations from restricting parcel owners & their tenants from installing, displaying, or storing items on parcels; provides exceptions; prohibits certain homeowners' association documents from precluding property owners from displaying certain number of specified flags; requires that such flags be displayed in specified manner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Florida HB 437 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-64"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee3fcc5e-b583-4b08-80a2-3183c18a2683"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bafed0ccf624a9642f2b612b7de03a34968541d845389ff9b664be21b21429e6"
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 437 (2023) — Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items

Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items; Authorizes condominium unit owners to display certain flags on Patriot Day; authorizes homeowners to display certain number of specified flags regardless of certain prohibitions in governing documents of homeowners' association; defines "first responder flag"; prohibits homeowners' associations from restricting parcel owners & their tenants from installing, displaying, or storing items on parcels; provides exceptions; prohibits certain homeowners' association documents from precluding property owners from displaying certain number of specified flags; requires that such flags be displayed in specified manner.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-64.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 437 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 437 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 437 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 437 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-07** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1454
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-64

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee3fcc5e-b583-4b08-80a2-3183c18a2683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).