---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disposition of Migrant Vessels"
description: "Disposition of Migrant Vessels; Defining the term “migrant vessel”; revising provisions concerning relocation or removal of certain vessels to include migrant vessels; providing procedures for law enforcement officers concerning disposition of migrant vessels, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "Florida SB 830 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-34"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7a9398f-d464-48ec-bb45-ec2f69f9d654"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/830/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8a5592f9800f0a6a1207c8aa184d6eec98747075b33cf0f1ea2aae739879a77c"
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 830 (2025) — Disposition of Migrant Vessels

Disposition of Migrant Vessels; Defining the term “migrant vessel”; revising provisions concerning relocation or removal of certain vessels to include migrant vessels; providing procedures for law enforcement officers concerning disposition of migrant vessels, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-34.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 830 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/830/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 830 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/830/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 830 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/830/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/17/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2025-03-17** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2025-04-07** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-10** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2025-04-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-04-14** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2025-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-14** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2025-04-17** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7a9398f-d464-48ec-bb45-ec2f69f9d654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).