---
type: "Bill"
title: "Release of Balloons"
description: "Release of Balloons; Revises prohibition on release of certain balloons to delete specified timeframe & number of balloons; deletes exemption from such prohibition for certain biodegradable or photodegradable balloons; provides that person who violates prohibition commits noncriminal infraction of littering; revises penalty for such violation; deletes provision authorizing petitions to enjoin release of balloons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 321"
citation: "Florida HB 321 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-263"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney", "Mooney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-02"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a373e01-05b9-4595-8715-ca8367b7471f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/321/ByCategory"
source_hash: "15d331862e6aaf4d01420198cb3456dba00bbd62616407b5d9216fdff39eb3a9"
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 321 (2024) — Release of Balloons

Release of Balloons; Revises prohibition on release of certain balloons to delete specified timeframe & number of balloons; deletes exemption from such prohibition for certain biodegradable or photodegradable balloons; provides that person who violates prohibition commits noncriminal infraction of littering; revises penalty for such violation; deletes provision authorizing petitions to enjoin release of balloons.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-263.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 321 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/321/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 321 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/321/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 321 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/321/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 321 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/321/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **102–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Chaney — primary (person)
- Mooney — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-13** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13** Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-12-05** Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-12** Favorable with CS by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-13** Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-12-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-12-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-18** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-30** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-31** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** 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 602
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (915176)
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-05** Amendment 915176 Concur
- **2024-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 9 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-25** Chapter No. 2024-263

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a373e01-05b9-4595-8715-ca8367b7471f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).