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type: "Bill"
title: "United States Space Force"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Florida SB 438 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
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"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-183"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-12"
last_action: "2022-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed278085-1554-4676-9e29-bf4a235afe9c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c3de5e55239c591b4ecc8a4bbff71843078b47833fdc70fce5f1e86aeae49d90"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 438 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 438 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 438 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/438/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **190** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **110** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **70** (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](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).