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type: "Bill"
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title: "County Constitutional Officers"
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description: "County Constitutional Officers; Prohibits county from creating office, special district, or governmental unit, or expanding powers or authority of such office, district, or unit, under certain conditions; provides county commissioner is guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office under certain conditions; authorizes state to withhold county funding under certain conditions; authorizes county constitutional officers & residents to bring action in circuit court."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1373"
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citation: "Florida HB 1373 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-306"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-03-02"
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last_action: "2023-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23e81a8b-bb25-48b2-85ad-bb53d46a5f91"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1373/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "39728ce9ef46f5c2f835a852daeb660328618e37f45e1089526ff2ae59120d23"
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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 1373 (2023) — County Constitutional Officers
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County Constitutional Officers; Prohibits county from creating office, special district, or governmental unit, or expanding powers or authority of such office, district, or unit, under certain conditions; provides county commissioner is guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office under certain conditions; authorizes state to withhold county funding under certain conditions; authorizes county constitutional officers & residents to bring action in circuit court.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-306.
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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 1373 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1373/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1373 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1373/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-27** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-04-11** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2023-04-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-19** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-19** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2023-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 3 `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** In Messages
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- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/04/23
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- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** In Messages
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- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-29** Chapter No. 2023-306
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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/23e81a8b-bb25-48b2-85ad-bb53d46a5f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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