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type: "Bill"
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title: "United States Space Force"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 438"
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citation: "Florida SB 438 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2022-183"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-10-12"
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last_action: "2022-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed278085-1554-4676-9e29-bf4a235afe9c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "c3de5e55239c591b4ecc8a4bbff71843078b47833fdc70fce5f1e86aeae49d90"
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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 SB 438 (2022) — United States Space Force
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-183.
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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. **S 438 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 438 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 438 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 438 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burgess — primary (person)
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- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-10-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-10-21** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-06** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
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- **2022-01-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2022-01-12** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
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- **2022-01-18** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
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- **2022-01-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/26/22, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2022-01-26** Now in Appropriations
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- **2022-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2022-02-09** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
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- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-23** Amendment(s) adopted (762026)
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- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
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- **2022-02-23** In Messages
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- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
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- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
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- **2022-03-03** Substituted for HB 465
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- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
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- **2022-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2022-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-06-10** Chapter No. 2022-183, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 430 (Ch. 2022-182)
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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/ed278085-1554-4676-9e29-bf4a235afe9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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