republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2022/sb-438.md

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Bill	United States Space Force	United States Space Force; Revising the definition of the term “uniformed service” to include the United States Space Force; revising the Armed Forces officers authorized to take or administer specified oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgements to include United States Space Force officers; revising the military service branches for which any county or state official who is called to active service may receive a leave of absence; updating military base names; adding post exchanges operated by the United States Space Force to those that are exempt from paying tax on cigarettes sold; revising the armed forces uniforms that are protected from imitation to include uniforms of the United States Space Force, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2022	SB 438	Florida SB 438 (2022)	bill	and use aviation electors and elections insurance military affairs and related matters public officers employees and records real and personal property regulation of trade commerce investments and veterans	enacted	2022-183	Burgess Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security	4	34	5	2021-10-12	2022-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/ed278085-1554-4676-9e29-bf4a235afe9c	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/ByCategory	c3de5e55239c591b4ecc8a4bbff71843078b47833fdc70fce5f1e86aeae49d90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 438 (2022) — United States Space Force

United States Space Force; Revising the definition of the term “uniformed service” to include the United States Space Force; revising the Armed Forces officers authorized to take or administer specified oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgements to include United States Space Force officers; revising the military service branches for which any county or state official who is called to active service may receive a leave of absence; updating military base names; adding post exchanges operated by the United States Space Force to those that are exempt from paying tax on cigarettes sold; revising the armed forces uniforms that are protected from imitation to include uniforms of the United States Space Force, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-183.

Version chain

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

1. S 438 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 438 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 438 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 438 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burgess — primary (person)
• Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-10-12 Filed filing
• 2021-10-21 Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-06 On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2022-01-11 Introduced introduction
• 2022-01-11 CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• 2022-01-12 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2022-01-12 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
• 2022-01-18 CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
• 2022-01-21 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/26/22, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• 2022-01-26 Now in Appropriations
• 2022-02-04 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2022-02-09 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-10 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
• 2022-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2022-02-23 Amendment(s) adopted (762026)
• 2022-02-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2022-02-23 CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2022-02-23 Immediately certified
• 2022-02-23 In Messages
• 2022-02-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2022-02-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
• 2022-02-28 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
• 2022-03-03 Substituted for HB 465
• 2022-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2022-03-03 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2022-03-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2022-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 passage
• 2022-03-04 Ordered enrolled
• 2022-06-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2022-06-09 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-10 Chapter No. 2022-183, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 430 (Ch. 2022-182)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed278085-1554-4676-9e29-bf4a235afe9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).