---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government"
description: "Local Government; Prohibiting an initiative or referendum process in regard to any land development regulation; specifying the measurement of land during annexation procedures; revising contraction procedures when qualified voters desire to be excluded from municipal boundaries, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 718"
citation: "Florida SB 718 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-305"
primary_sponsors: ["Community Affairs", "Rules", "Yarborough"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0c67bf7-ac62-4b9e-b399-198897271e3f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/718/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1426eecf6a1a70b7583dbc603334ca836d939fd54f9c7bfb93bd6c627c287771"
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 718 (2023) — Local Government

Local Government; Prohibiting an initiative or referendum process in regard to any land development regulation; specifying the measurement of land during annexation procedures; revising contraction procedures when qualified voters desire to be excluded from municipal boundaries, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-305.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 718 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/718/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 718 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/718/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 718 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/718/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 718 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/718/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **91–26** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Community Affairs — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Yarborough — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/15/23, 1:00 pm, 401 Senate Building --Not Considered
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/22/23, 11:00 am, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-22** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-24** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2023-03-28** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/05/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-04-05** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/24/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-24** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-25** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23
- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** 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 (Committee Substitute 2) `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** CS passed; YEAS 91, NAYS 26 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chapter No. 2023-305

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0c67bf7-ac62-4b9e-b399-198897271e3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).