---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation"
description: "Taxation; Revises provisions related to taxation including tourist tax reimbursement, homestead exemptions, exemptions for religious & educational property, refunds of certain property taxes, discretionary sales surtaxes, taxes on certain loans, surtaxes found to be unconstitutional, exemptions from sales & use taxes, tax on rental & license fees, tax credits for certain systems & equipment & Strong Families tax credits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 7063"
citation: "Florida HB 7063 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)", "industry", "public transportation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-157"
primary_sponsors: ["McClain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97fb7ede-2511-4eff-bf6f-1ef34809b96b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7063/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b146e1ee4d59137474402cf354ede8e091e7dd2252c78fb5f6a24abdd6112aaa"
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 7063 (2023) — Taxation

Taxation; Revises provisions related to taxation including tourist tax reimbursement, homestead exemptions, exemptions for religious & educational property, refunds of certain property taxes, discretionary sales surtaxes, taxes on certain loans, surtaxes found to be unconstitutional, exemptions from sales & use taxes, tax on rental & license fees, tax credits for certain systems & equipment & Strong Families tax credits.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-157.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7063 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7063/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7063 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7063/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 7063 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7063/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClain — primary (person)
- Ways & Means Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-04** Substituted for CS/SB 7062
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment(s) adopted (283904)
- **2023-05-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-05** In Messages
- **2023-05-05** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-05** Passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Amendment 283904 Concur
- **2023-05-05** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-157

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97fb7ede-2511-4eff-bf6f-1ef34809b96b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).