---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources"
description: "Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources; Prohibits drilling, exploration, or production of specified petroleum products within certain distance of national estuarine research reserves in certain counties; requires DEP to consider certain factors when determining whether natural resources of certain bodies of water & shore areas are adequately protected from potential accident or blowout; provides requirements for balancing test to make such determination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Florida HB 1143 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-193"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf", "Tant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e0136dd-ae70-4f9d-9329-e2fd3940c862"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1143/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3f69f3dc024a9eafaeddf523b95b4d5fb652e7b5f6a44a620dbb77e023e5ada0"
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 1143 (2025) — Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources

Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources; Prohibits drilling, exploration, or production of specified petroleum products within certain distance of national estuarine research reserves in certain counties; requires DEP to consider certain factors when determining whether natural resources of certain bodies of water & shore areas are adequately protected from potential accident or blowout; provides requirements for balancing test to make such determination.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-193.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1143 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1143/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1143 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1143/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1143 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1143/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shoaf — primary (person)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2025-03-21** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-25** Favorable by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2025-03-25** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-04** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-04-08** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-23** Substituted for SB 1300
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Amendment(s) adopted (639528)
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-30** Senate Message List
- **2025-04-30** Amendment 639528 Concur
- **2025-04-30** Passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30** Chapter No. 2025-193

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e0136dd-ae70-4f9d-9329-e2fd3940c862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).