---
type: "Bill"
title: "In-store Servicing of Alcoholic Beverages"
description: "In-store Servicing of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizes in-store servicing of distilled spirits sold by distributor to vendor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "Florida HB 709 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-81"
primary_sponsors: ["Rizo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-04"
last_action: "2024-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287fc0a3-2ed5-4aab-96ed-a5c98a376cdc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/709/ByCategory"
source_hash: "11e3d1ea715b286ba066e5d79abe9a50894eb323837d5f32bc1adda4f7b9305d"
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 709 (2024) — In-store Servicing of Alcoholic Beverages

In-store Servicing of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizes in-store servicing of distilled spirits sold by distributor to vendor.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-81.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 709 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/709/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 709 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/709/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 709 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/709/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Rizo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-01** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-02-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-02** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-05** Original reference removed: State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Commerce 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 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 574
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12** Chapter No. 2024-81

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/287fc0a3-2ed5-4aab-96ed-a5c98a376cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).