---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development"
description: "Economic Development; Removes requirement that certain grants received by regional economic development organization must be matched in certain manner; removes certain demonstration requirements of program applicants; removes requirement that interest be deposited in specified manner; provides that specified earnings may be retained & used to make specified awards or for administrative costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "Florida HB 141 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-203"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-11"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77f66a6-6af9-4251-b04d-ab091435c418"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/141/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c9f6f1ae9c85f897df15d9975152d52ad4e1aba1fc10db312b753214b9918d4f"
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 141 (2024) — Economic Development

Economic Development; Removes requirement that certain grants received by regional economic development organization must be matched in certain manner; removes certain demonstration requirements of program applicants; removes requirement that interest be deposited in specified manner; provides that specified earnings may be retained & used to make specified awards or for administrative costs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-203.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 141 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/141/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 141 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/141/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 141 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/141/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abbott — primary (person)
- Ways & Means Committee — primary (organization)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-11** Filed `filing`
- **2023-10-17** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-06** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-02-06** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-02-12** PCS added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Reported out of Ways & Means 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 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-20** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-02-22** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **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; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `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/SB 196
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Chapter No. 2024-203

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e77f66a6-6af9-4251-b04d-ab091435c418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).