---
type: "Bill"
title: "Canaveral Port District, Brevard County"
description: "Canaveral Port District, Brevard County; Revises Charter of Canaveral Port District, Brevard County; provides for increase in amount of levied tax permitted to be used for payment of principal & interest on revenue certificates & bonds; requires port authority to take reasonable measures to support Commercial Space Launch Industry & to submit annual report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 755"
citation: "Florida HB 755 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-283"
primary_sponsors: ["Brackett", "Sirois"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce66dbcf-3686-43bf-96c5-ce57f2ba5236"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/755/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2357cef5ee845d394d222b772505f6b56e04328393cb5b871bc1168ab9fac77a"
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 755 (2024) — Canaveral Port District, Brevard County

Canaveral Port District, Brevard County; Revises Charter of Canaveral Port District, Brevard County; provides for increase in amount of levied tax permitted to be used for payment of principal & interest on revenue certificates & bonds; requires port authority to take reasonable measures to support Commercial Space Launch Industry & to submit annual report.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-283.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 755 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/755/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 755 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/755/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 755 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/755/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brackett — primary (person)
- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Sirois — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** PCS added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-31** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-05** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-07** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-07** 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`
- **2024-03-07** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chapter No. 2024-283

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce66dbcf-3686-43bf-96c5-ce57f2ba5236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).