---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Leave"
description: "Military Leave; Providing that public officials and employees of the state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision, respectively, are entitled to their full pay for the first 30 days of military service, if such service is equal to or greater than a specified timeframe, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "Florida SB 818 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-19"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f8f3c23-3847-44ee-94d1-6bedca24430f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/818/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7007f809f8322a64cb84f0ff084d02f933f846c1f9c48a3497919695a436855a"
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 SB 818 (2024) — Military Leave

Military Leave; Providing that public officials and employees of the state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision, respectively, are entitled to their full pay for the first 30 days of military service, if such service is equal to or greater than a specified timeframe, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-19.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 818 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/818/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 818 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/818/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/16/24, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
- **2024-01-16** Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Community Affairs
- **2024-02-01** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/06/24, 3:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
- **2024-02-06** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2024-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-15** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24
- **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
- **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f8f3c23-3847-44ee-94d1-6bedca24430f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).