---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' Services and Recognition"
description: "Veterans' Services and Recognition; Creates Division of Long-term Care within DVA; revises qualifications for county & city veteran service officers; creates \"Veterans' Adult Day Health Care of Florida Act\"; provides for appointment, qualifications, duties, & responsibilities of program operator; establishes nondiscrimination policy; provides program admittance eligibility & priority; provides for audits, inspections, & operational standards; designates \"Veterans Week.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 485"
citation: "Florida HB 485 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["commercial relations", "veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-162"
primary_sponsors: ["Salzman", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba044d6d-85a9-44f9-b362-aa2e2d039cc7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f65fb653c8ba11be223a7c94dec2a1ede0e1bccee8a6f0aba40224f393a32122"
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 485 (2023) — Veterans' Services and Recognition

Veterans' Services and Recognition; Creates Division of Long-term Care within DVA; revises qualifications for county & city veteran service officers; creates "Veterans' Adult Day Health Care of Florida Act"; provides for appointment, qualifications, duties, & responsibilities of program operator; establishes nondiscrimination policy; provides program admittance eligibility & priority; provides for audits, inspections, & operational standards; designates "Veterans Week."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-162.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 485 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 485 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 485 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Salzman — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **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 Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-10** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** 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 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 824
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-162

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba044d6d-85a9-44f9-b362-aa2e2d039cc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).