---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scrutinized Companies"
description: "Scrutinized Companies; Revises provisions related to scrutinized companies including definitions, criteria for being identified as scrutinized company, name of scrutinized company list, assembly & updating of such list, removal from such list, & government contracting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023C"
identifier: "HB 5C"
citation: "Florida HB 5C (2023C)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance", "public business", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-351"
primary_sponsors: ["Snyder"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-02"
last_action: "2023-11-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e156cf56-8a58-4810-b148-ce92730d724f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023C/5C/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c27b6f93a7f5e0a30087795906e5166a894e42942ce4e9b871b579827430ea37"
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 HB 5C (2023C) — Scrutinized Companies

Scrutinized Companies; Revises provisions related to scrutinized companies including definitions, criteria for being identified as scrutinized company, name of scrutinized company list, assembly & updating of such list, removal from such list, & government contracting.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-351.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5C Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023C/5C/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5C er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023C/5C/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **100–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Snyder — primary (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-11-02** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-11-06** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-06** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-11-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-11-06** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (11/7/2023)
- **2023-11-06** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-11-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-11-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-07** Passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2023-11-07** In Messages
- **2023-11-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-11-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-11-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-11-08** Substituted for SB 10-C
- **2023-11-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-08** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-11-08** In Messages
- **2023-11-08** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-14** Chapter No. 2023-351

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e156cf56-8a58-4810-b148-ce92730d724f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).