---
type: "Bill"
title: "Spaceport Territory"
description: "Spaceport Territory; Revising the definition of “spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects”; revising spaceport territory to include certain property; authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects if important access and on-spaceport-territory space transportation capacity improvements are provided, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "Florida SB 968 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-76"
primary_sponsors: ["Calatayud", "Rules"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eae7f210-514c-4d51-9c6b-2b4e9417c3d4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/968/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8897ff85de83d8ebc3c74b012a95a1af24742ef68779b3430eff8317f5c9d4a7"
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 968 (2024) — Spaceport Territory

Spaceport Territory; Revising the definition of “spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects”; revising spaceport territory to include certain property; authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects if important access and on-spaceport-territory space transportation capacity improvements are provided, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-76.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 968 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/968/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 968 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/968/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 968 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/968/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calatayud — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Trumbull — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Transportation; Rules `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 Transportation
- **2024-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2024-01-30** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-16** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-21** CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2024-02-22** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-02-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-22** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/29/24
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **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. 2024-76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eae7f210-514c-4d51-9c6b-2b4e9417c3d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).