---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessel Regulations"
description: "Vessel Regulations; Authorizes counties & municipalities to establish boating-restricted areas for certain sewage pumpout stations within specified distance of Florida Intracoastal Waterway marked channel; removes provision authorizing local governments to require permitting for certain floating vessel platforms; revises conditions under which local governments may require one-time registrations of floating vessel platforms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 847"
citation: "Florida HB 847 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-151"
primary_sponsors: ["Stark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cbddf71-405f-4b1b-b5c9-f9e4a3b48142"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/847/ByCategory"
source_hash: "486963238172380615ba1b755cca995f79ee3293701bc69f2650f1d0305a7314"
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 847 (2023) — Vessel Regulations

Vessel Regulations; Authorizes counties & municipalities to establish boating-restricted areas for certain sewage pumpout stations within specified distance of Florida Intracoastal Waterway marked channel; removes provision authorizing local governments to require permitting for certain floating vessel platforms; revises conditions under which local governments may require one-time registrations of floating vessel platforms.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-151.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 847 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/847/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 847 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/847/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 847 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/847/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 847 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/847/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Stark — primary (person)
- Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda - Temporarily Postponed [House Rule 7.11(d)]
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** PCS added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Original reference removed: Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-13** PCS added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** 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** 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; YEAS 113, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1082
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** 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. 2023-151

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cbddf71-405f-4b1b-b5c9-f9e4a3b48142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).