---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act"
description: "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act; Removes provision requiring certain persons & governmental entities to apply to FAA to restrict or limit operation of drones in close proximity to certain infrastructure or facilities; removes provision allowing drone operating in transit for commercial purposes to operate over critical infrastructure facility; provides for future sunset of definition of \"critical infrastructure facility.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 645"
citation: "Florida HB 645 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-147"
primary_sponsors: ["Brackett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1046e5d3-1533-4e69-aff6-c67fb7fbe863"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3d1357b112d1b513e6094d59cd77d7f422c189e3f61f0081d04c1cd2e7bf7a8a"
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 645 (2023) — Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act; Removes provision requiring certain persons & governmental entities to apply to FAA to restrict or limit operation of drones in close proximity to certain infrastructure or facilities; removes provision allowing drone operating in transit for commercial purposes to operate over critical infrastructure facility; provides for future sunset of definition of "critical infrastructure facility."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-147.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 645 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 645 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 645 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 645 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brackett — primary (person)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-10** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-12** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-03-23** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-29** 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 114, 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/CS/SB 908
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-147; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 264 (Ch. 2023-33)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1046e5d3-1533-4e69-aff6-c67fb7fbe863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).