---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Active Amusement Ride Investigation"
description: "Public Records/Active Amusement Ride Investigation; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for all investigatory records made or received by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to an active amusement ride investigation for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 904"
citation: "Florida SB 904 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["business organizations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-51"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e25ffced-df74-49ec-ae16-ef459dbdfd45"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/904/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f4085968786aa049b8879b7495f5b9024eeca584b7684fa740d62ce660011cca"
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 904 (2023) — Public Records/Active Amusement Ride Investigation

Public Records/Active Amusement Ride Investigation; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for all investigatory records made or received by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to an active amusement ride investigation for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-51.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 904 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/904/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 904 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/904/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 904 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/904/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2023-03-13** Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2023-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-18** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-20** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-25** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** 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 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-51, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 902 (Ch. 2023-50)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e25ffced-df74-49ec-ae16-ef459dbdfd45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).