---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drone Delivery Services"
description: "Drone Delivery Services; Prohibiting a political subdivision from taking certain actions against a drone delivery service based on the location of its drone port; authorizing a political subdivision to enforce certain regulations relating to setback and landscaping; exempting drone ports from the Florida Building Code; exempting drone ports from certain provisions of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1068"
citation: "Florida SB 1068 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "aviation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-137"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Commerce and Tourism", "Community Affairs", "Rules"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e785203c-5edd-4aeb-a677-a247b4916c0b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f00ffe61ab6e8b52f7f5e1ce8713ddaf67fcbdab9e8e86e469e9ed1abf605b4f"
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 SB 1068 (2023) — Drone Delivery Services

Drone Delivery Services; Prohibiting a political subdivision from taking certain actions against a drone delivery service based on the location of its drone port; authorizing a political subdivision to enforce certain regulations relating to setback and landscaping; exempting drone ports from the Florida Building Code; exempting drone ports from certain provisions of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-137.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1068 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1068 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1068 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1068 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/c3/HTML)
5. **S 1068 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)
- Commerce and Tourism — primary (person)
- Community Affairs — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-03-13** CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
- **2023-03-15** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-15** Now in Community Affairs
- **2023-03-15** CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/22/23, 11:00 am, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-22** CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-24** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-28** CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-05** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-06** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
- **2023-04-11** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 1071
- **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** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** 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. 2023-137

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e785203c-5edd-4aeb-a677-a247b4916c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).