---
type: "Bill"
title: "Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember"
description: "Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember; Defining the term “government quarters” for purposes of the termination of a servicemember’s rental agreement, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 574"
citation: "Florida SB 574 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-159"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc8a36b5-eab8-460b-96bd-c912e4243b3e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/574/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e30f7f6be7fc4f0fbb573d3ad003dc793e6be9bb71eade96bb7493f55ace6b4b"
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 574 (2023) — Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember

Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember; Defining the term “government quarters” for purposes of the termination of a servicemember’s rental agreement, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 574 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/574/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 574 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/574/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 574 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/574/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-08** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-03-08** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/23, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Substituted for CS/HB 73
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc8a36b5-eab8-460b-96bd-c912e4243b3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).