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type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Economic Opportunity"
description: "Department of Economic Opportunity; Establishes Office of Secretary & Office of Economic Accountability & Transparency; revises application process & funding for Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Fund; revises application process & funding for development grants awarded by DEO to local governments; removes provision providing individuals who voluntarily leave work as result of circumstances relating to domestic violence are ineligible for benefits; requires DEO to implement integrated, modular system hosted in cloud service for reemployment assistance program; revises timeline for employers' responses to notices of benefits claims sent by DEO; authorizes employers to initiate employer-assisted claims relating to mass separations; authorizes claimants to request DEO to reconsider monetary determination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1463"
citation: "Florida HB 1463 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "aviation", "executive branch", "insurance", "labor", "ports and harbors", "public transportation", "reclamation", "and use", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-25"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3421c52c-f892-4676-a71e-9c5aca4f97a5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1463/ByCategory"
source_hash: "900af2b38c7ff45f789393089579e3058f17849d88aea6b5cbcc28391569a47c"
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 1463 (2021) — Department of Economic Opportunity
Department of Economic Opportunity; Establishes Office of Secretary & Office of Economic Accountability & Transparency; revises application process & funding for Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Fund; revises application process & funding for development grants awarded by DEO to local governments; removes provision providing individuals who voluntarily leave work as result of circumstances relating to domestic violence are ineligible for benefits; requires DEO to implement integrated, modular system hosted in cloud service for reemployment assistance program; revises timeline for employers' responses to notices of benefits claims sent by DEO; authorizes employers to initiate employer-assisted claims relating to mass separations; authorizes claimants to request DEO to reconsider monetary determination.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-25.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1463 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1463/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1463 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1463/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1463 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1463/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1463 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1463/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1463 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1463/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- A - 813723, Adoption, Second Reading — **3976** (fail) · lower
- A - 877777, Adoption, Second Reading — **3977** (fail) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1180** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with CS by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-02** CS Filed
- **2021-04-02** Original reference removed: Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-06** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-12** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-04-14** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-15** CS Filed
- **2021-04-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 759951 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 877777 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 813723 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 495263 filed
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 495263 Failed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 877777 Failed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 813723 Failed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 759951 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1948
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-25
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3421c52c-f892-4676-a71e-9c5aca4f97a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).