---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety"
description: "Public Safety; Authorizes person to carry concealed weapon or firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; requires person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license to carry identification & display upon demand by law enforcement; prohibits person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license from carrying such weapon or firearm in specified locations; authorizes nonresident to carry concealed weapon or firearm in this state if he or she meets same requirements as resident; requires Office of Safe Schools to develop behavioral threat management operational process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 543"
citation: "Florida HB 543 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "judicial branch", "torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-18"
primary_sponsors: ["Brannan", "Payne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63c85194-0661-4d80-bb57-a1c6c38bf8c7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543/ByCategory"
source_hash: "64db8e3ef6999d4fb2769b31c6e1bb0b4addf470d27c5741a2e71f7332836425"
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 543 (2023) — Public Safety

Public Safety; Authorizes person to carry concealed weapon or firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; requires person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license to carry identification & display upon demand by law enforcement; prohibits person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license from carrying such weapon or firearm in specified locations; authorizes nonresident to carry concealed weapon or firearm in this state if he or she meets same requirements as resident; requires Office of Safe Schools to develop behavioral threat management operational process.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-18.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 543 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 543 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 543 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 543 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- A - 780607, Adoption, Second Reading — **32–77** (fail) · lower
- Favorable (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- A - 846968, Amendment, Second Reading — **13–27** (fail) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — **16–7** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **76–32** (pass) · lower
- A - 611140, Amendment, Second Reading — **12–27** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brannan — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Payne — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Duggan — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Rommel — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Temple — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-01-31** Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-07** Favorable by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-07** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-14** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 932977 adopted
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 389729 superseded by substitute
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 622081 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 618839 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 780607 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 423327 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 769093 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 642477 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 496193 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 488229 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 319647 adopted
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 591775 superseded by substitute
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 355135 adopted
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 988641 superseded by substitute
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 954681 adopted
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 419187 adopted
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 880029 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Amendment 089381 Failed
- **2023-03-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** CS passed as amended; YEAS 76, NAYS 32 `passage`
- **2023-03-24** In Messages
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-03-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-29** Substituted for CS/SB 150
- **2023-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Amendment(s) failed (212780, 244120, 447572, 494682, 611140, 617732, 641176, 846968)
- **2023-03-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-03** Chapter No. 2023-18; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7025 (Ch. 2023-19)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63c85194-0661-4d80-bb57-a1c6c38bf8c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).