---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Service Airports"
description: "Commercial Service Airports; Preempts naming of major commercial service airports to state; provides names for major commercial service airports; provides that renaming specified airport is subject to approval of FAA & execution of certain agreement; provides that such airport names continue to be valid under certain circumstances; requires DOT to annually review provisions naming major commercial service airports for certain purpose; requires DOT to provide certain notice to Legislature; provides requirements for such notice; requires that certain government records created on or after certain date use such airport names; specifies that airport names are branding designations; provides that political subdivision is in compliance with certain provisions under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 919"
citation: "Florida HB 919 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["aviation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-15"
primary_sponsors: ["Kendall", "Weinberger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-29"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69209d78-44f6-44aa-b554-87ac9ed27de0"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/919/ByCategory"
source_hash: "009cf925f4b00c463d197028463ace8dfc6cd572799ab37b548c350dedb130c2"
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 919 (2026) — Commercial Service Airports

Commercial Service Airports; Preempts naming of major commercial service airports to state; provides names for major commercial service airports; provides that renaming specified airport is subject to approval of FAA & execution of certain agreement; provides that such airport names continue to be valid under certain circumstances; requires DOT to annually review provisions naming major commercial service airports for certain purpose; requires DOT to provide certain notice to Legislature; provides requirements for such notice; requires that certain government records created on or after certain date use such airport names; specifies that airport names are branding designations; provides that political subdivision is in compliance with certain provisions under specified circumstances.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-15.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 919 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/919/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 919 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/919/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 919 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/919/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 919 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/919/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **81–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Kendall — primary (person)
- Weinberger — primary (person)
- Albert — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarez, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Brannan — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Conerly — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Gentry — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Greco — cosponsor (person)
- Grow — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Kincart Jonsson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nix — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-29** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable with CS by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment 724111 Failed
- **2026-02-17** Amendment 110835 Failed
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 30 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-02-19** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 706
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** CS passed; YEAS 25 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-19** In Messages
- **2026-02-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-31** Chapter No. 2026-15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69209d78-44f6-44aa-b554-87ac9ed27de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).