---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Programs"
description: "Economic Programs; Providing for a type two transfer of the duties and functions of Enterprise Florida, Inc., to the Department of Commerce; providing legislative intent; providing for a transition period; requiring the department and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to coordinate the development and implementation of a transition plan; providing requirements for the transition plan; specifying that certain binding contracts remain binding; requiring the transfer of specified funds; requiring the department to submit specified amendments and information to the Federal Government and seek specified waivers, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Florida HB 5 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)", "banks and banking", "executive branch", "industry", "labor", "municipalities", "planning and development", "public business", "public lands and property", "public transportation", "reclamation", "and use", "regulation of professions and occupations", "relations", "veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-173"
primary_sponsors: ["Esposito"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84889684-4d55-4e9f-b173-2ee6e8ab8f53"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/ByCategory"
source_hash: "662a0a07bb89b83e84c099f992cf726eaf85565f74535d8679f666ff171950ae"
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 5 (2023) — Economic Programs

Economic Programs; Providing for a type two transfer of the duties and functions of Enterprise Florida, Inc., to the Department of Commerce; providing legislative intent; providing for a transition period; requiring the department and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to coordinate the development and implementation of a transition plan; providing requirements for the transition plan; specifying that certain binding contracts remain binding; requiring the transfer of specified funds; requiring the department to submit specified amendments and information to the Federal Government and seek specified waivers, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-173.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 5 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 5 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 5 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 5 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/5/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **19–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Esposito — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — 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 Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-15** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2023-03-28** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2023-03-30** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2023-03-30** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2023-04-20** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2023-04-21** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2023-04-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-25** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 233565 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 227379 superseded by substitute
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 690125 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 512753 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 876951 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 603061 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 573375 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1664
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Amendment(s) adopted (224226)
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 224226 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Chapter No. 2023-173; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5303 (Ch. 2023-246), CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2023-200)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84889684-4d55-4e9f-b173-2ee6e8ab8f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).