---
type: "Bill"
title: "Space Florida"
description: "Space Florida; Requires Secretary of Economic Opportunity to serve as manager for state with respect to contracts with Space Florida; revises powers, duties, & membership of board of directors of Space Florida; prohibits Space Florida from endorsing candidate or contributing moneys to campaign; prohibits Space Florida from expending funds on certain expenses; requires Space Florida to consult with agencies & jurisdictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 7041"
citation: "Florida HB 7041 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-200"
primary_sponsors: ["Duggan", "Sirois"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39fc50be-f8de-4f93-b023-7c2eed81463e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7041/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ee5c7e65f7bdd0ea0c952d5a26e1df417df0a56a129a4e27738aa25703f1d9c3"
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 7041 (2023) — Space Florida

Space Florida; Requires Secretary of Economic Opportunity to serve as manager for state with respect to contracts with Space Florida; revises powers, duties, & membership of board of directors of Space Florida; prohibits Space Florida from endorsing candidate or contributing moneys to campaign; prohibits Space Florida from expending funds on certain expenses; requires Space Florida to consult with agencies & jurisdictions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-200.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7041 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7041/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7041 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7041/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7041 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7041/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7041 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7041/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Duggan — primary (person)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Sirois — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-17** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Amendment 808141 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/SB 7048
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Chapter No. 2023-200; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2023-173)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39fc50be-f8de-4f93-b023-7c2eed81463e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).