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type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services"
description: "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Revises, creates, & deletes various provisions under jurisdiction of DACS relating to Florida farm TEAM cards; purchase of food commodities by state agencies, state universities, & FCS institutions; selling of food; enforcement duties of DACS; food permits; bottled water; mislabeled food, food processing equipment, & food areas; milk & milk products; frozen desserts & dairy confections; bulk milk haulers & samplers; bulk milk tankers & hauling services; land acquisition; fertilizer; school food & nutrition programs; beekeepers; aquaculture; & drone use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Florida HB 1279 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "criminal procedure and corrections", "industry", "public business", "public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-154"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d6ab819-43ce-4c40-9832-c132a4f03668"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1279/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a97acc87903e05aa61d362b3431d92faa30e2aa6788b181ec6d3feba8831cf90"
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 1279 (2023) — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Revises, creates, & deletes various provisions under jurisdiction of DACS relating to Florida farm TEAM cards; purchase of food commodities by state agencies, state universities, & FCS institutions; selling of food; enforcement duties of DACS; food permits; bottled water; mislabeled food, food processing equipment, & food areas; milk & milk products; frozen desserts & dairy confections; bulk milk haulers & samplers; bulk milk tankers & hauling services; land acquisition; fertilizer; school food & nutrition programs; beekeepers; aquaculture; & drone use.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-154.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1279 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1279/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1279 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1279/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1279 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1279/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1279 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1279/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Alvarez — primary (person)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable with CS by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-22** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1164
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-154
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d6ab819-43ce-4c40-9832-c132a4f03668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).