---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans"
description: "Veterans; Revises provisions related to veterans including veterans' history program, Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., Veterans Employment & Training Services Program, grants, workforce training & recruitment, exemption from fees, advisory council on brain & spinal cord injuries, & required instruction on Veterans' Day & Memorial Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1329"
citation: "Florida HB 1329 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["planning and development", "public lands and property", "veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-251"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez", "Redondo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9392db3-13ce-410e-af24-e97fc6433d93"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1329/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e49eb2079aa92ca46968e3eb327235955efa39f8d4e4bb010d7513845a7a1c15"
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 1329 (2024) — Veterans

Veterans; Revises provisions related to veterans including veterans' history program, Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., Veterans Employment & Training Services Program, grants, workforce training & recruitment, exemption from fees, advisory council on brain & spinal cord injuries, & required instruction on Veterans' Day & Memorial Day.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-251.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1329 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1329/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1329 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1329/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1329 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1329/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1329 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1329/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1329 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1329/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarez — primary (person)
- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Redondo — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-01** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-08** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-12** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 408
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (402874)
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 402874 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-21** Chapter No. 2024-251

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9392db3-13ce-410e-af24-e97fc6433d93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).