---
type: "Bill"
title: "Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses"
description: "Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revises requirements for issuing special beverage licenses to certain food service establishments & entities operating certain clubs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 639"
citation: "Florida HB 639 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-65"
primary_sponsors: ["Esposito"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32b93e94-52ee-4175-b783-15e894d606dd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/639/ByCategory"
source_hash: "74c7281ecb9d8fddf61bdfc5ae239ee9e377f4184768aa4994d034d9b2047eac"
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 639 (2023) — Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses

Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revises requirements for issuing special beverage licenses to certain food service establishments & entities operating certain clubs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-65.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 639 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/639/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 639 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/639/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 639 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/639/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 639 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/639/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 639 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/639/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Esposito — primary (person)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Tomkow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development 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 Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-18** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-04-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 219379 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 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1262
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** 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. 2023-65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32b93e94-52ee-4175-b783-15e894d606dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).