---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Statutes"
description: "Florida Statutes; Adopting the Florida Statutes 2023 and designating the portions thereof that are to constitute the official law of the state; providing that the Florida Statutes 2023 shall be effective immediately upon publication; providing that general laws enacted during the May 23-27, 2022, special session and prior thereto and not included in the Florida Statutes 2023 are repealed; providing that general laws enacted during the December 12-16, 2022, special session through the 2023 regular session are not repealed by this adoption act, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Florida SB 40 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-12"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayfield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2c62d81-2849-4654-b071-5aa3a7da9cb5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/40/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6eba5363a50a63f00a64f54dcc7a2d30adb0a4118df4e43e58bb3f1ca785d74f"
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 40 (2023) — Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes; Adopting the Florida Statutes 2023 and designating the portions thereof that are to constitute the official law of the state; providing that the Florida Statutes 2023 shall be effective immediately upon publication; providing that general laws enacted during the May 23-27, 2022, special session and prior thereto and not included in the Florida Statutes 2023 are repealed; providing that general laws enacted during the December 12-16, 2022, special session through the 2023 regular session are not repealed by this adoption act, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-12.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 40 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/40/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 40 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/40/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mayfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/23/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-23** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/23
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-09** In Messages
- **2023-03-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/16/2023)
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Substituted for HB 7019
- **2023-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17** Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Chapter No. 2023-12

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2c62d81-2849-4654-b071-5aa3a7da9cb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).