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type: "Bill"
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title: "Space Florida Financing"
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description: "Space Florida Financing; Specifies bonding provisions to which Space Florida is subject; revises powers of Space Florida; removes provisions regarding presentation of bond proposals to, & approval of bond issuance by, Governor & Cabinet; revises provisions relating to securing issuance of revenue bonds; repeals provisions relating to pledging assessments & other revenues & properties as additional security on bonds, issuance of bond anticipation notes, & short-term borrowing; revises provisions relating to lien of pledges; revises bond maturity date requirements; authorizes Space Florida to validate bonds pursuant to certain provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 717"
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citation: "Florida HB 717 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-105"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sirois"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-11-20"
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last_action: "2020-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb340e14-45ea-470c-887d-1860435a267b"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "47fd1f0e51a7ed1567e484c67add0b7e7c428bf0bac81b0502846efc3a99a3f9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 717 (2020) — Space Florida Financing
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Space Florida Financing; Specifies bonding provisions to which Space Florida is subject; revises powers of Space Florida; removes provisions regarding presentation of bond proposals to, & approval of bond issuance by, Governor & Cabinet; revises provisions relating to securing issuance of revenue bonds; repeals provisions relating to pledging assessments & other revenues & properties as additional security on bonds, issuance of bond anticipation notes, & short-term borrowing; revises provisions relating to lien of pledges; revises bond maturity date requirements; authorizes Space Florida to validate bonds pursuant to certain provisions.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-105.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 717 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 717 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 717 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/717/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Workforce Development & Tourism Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Sirois — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-12-03** Referred to Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-15** Now in Ways and Means Committee
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- **2020-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 01/27/20, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
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- **2020-01-27** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-27** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
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- **2020-02-06** CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-06** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-07** CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
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- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** In Messages
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- **2020-03-05** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05** Received
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- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1070
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- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-105
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb340e14-45ea-470c-887d-1860435a267b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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