---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping"
description: "Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping; Prohibits counties & municipalities from authorizing or otherwise allowing public camping or sleeping on public property without certification of designated public property by DCF; authorizes counties to designate public property for such uses for specified time period; requires counties to establish specified standards & procedures relating to such property; authorizes DCF to inspect such property & to issue notice; provides exception during specified emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1365"
citation: "Florida HB 1365 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-11"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40123575-2c2a-49d7-8ec9-016595c517a7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1365/ByCategory"
source_hash: "69c41b1802bff57f8b675106d3dc1421438e9f60eff757fccedcc6ad62d173fc"
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 1365 (2024) — Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping

Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping; Prohibits counties & municipalities from authorizing or otherwise allowing public camping or sleeping on public property without certification of designated public property by DCF; authorizes counties to designate public property for such uses for specified time period; requires counties to establish specified standards & procedures relating to such property; authorizes DCF to inspect such property & to issue notice; provides exception during specified emergencies.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-11.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1365 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1365/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1365 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1365/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1365 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1365/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1365 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1365/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1365 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1365/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **82–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrison — primary (person)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Rudman — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — 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 Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-25** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-05** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-20** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-22** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 127573 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 961175 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 913847 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 632725 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 495667 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 776855 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 178341 Failed
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 055905 adopted
- **2024-02-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 26 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1530
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20** Chapter No. 2024-11

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40123575-2c2a-49d7-8ec9-016595c517a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).