---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disposal of Property"
description: "Disposal of Property; Providing that the use of property as affordable housing qualifies as use for a public purpose in the context of the authorization of the Department of Transportation to convey property without consideration to a governmental entity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "Florida SB 678 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public transportation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-116"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd16841-2218-469e-898f-cd72e7a70262"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/678/ByCategory"
source_hash: "66b82c5fcea40c6a6ecd2d8f91715f3482a02ddd177a20b04eb16469d7fa2675"
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 678 (2023) — Disposal of Property

Disposal of Property; Providing that the use of property as affordable housing qualifies as use for a public purpose in the context of the authorization of the Department of Transportation to convey property without consideration to a governmental entity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-116.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 678 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/678/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 678 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/678/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Now in Transportation
- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-03-20** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/30/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-30** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/23
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Chapter No. 2023-116

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dd16841-2218-469e-898f-cd72e7a70262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).