---
type: "Bill"
title: "Library Cooperative Grants"
description: "Library Cooperative Grants; Deleting the limitation on the funding a library cooperative is eligible to receive, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "Florida SB 726 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-179"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dc032e2-5f93-4d53-84ff-bc57a12ccbae"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/726/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b8b692a90cf77dc3093a6276308717e8ba7d122937f6645161f220e3a68c3682"
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 726 (2023) — Library Cooperative Grants

Library Cooperative Grants; Deleting the limitation on the funding a library cooperative is eligible to receive, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-179.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 726 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/726/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 726 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/726/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 726 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/726/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-09** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-09** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- **2023-03-14** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2023-03-16** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/21/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Now in Appropriations
- **2023-04-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/13/23, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-13** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** 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 1) `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 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Chapter No. 2023-179

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dc032e2-5f93-4d53-84ff-bc57a12ccbae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).