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Bill	Town of Fort White, Columbia County	Town of Fort White, Columbia County; Revises boundaries, general powers to borrow money, & election & terms of members of Town Council; provides council districts; provides for presiding officer of council; provides for salaries of Mayor & members of Town Council, removes provisions relating to municipal court; revises provisions relating to police & fire departments; revises requirements for Town Clerk; removes provisions relating to town auditor, town tax assessor, town treasurer, tax administration, & canvass of election returns; revises requirements for election of candidates to office of Town Council; revises terms of office of councilmembers.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	HB 1565	Florida HB 1565 (2023)	bill	local bills	enacted	2023-344	Brannan	3	42	5	2023-03-06	2023-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/b45028a8-8a01-4318-b5a7-1e9f336d6107	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1565/ByCategory	6c40b4dda205308c03bdfe1b8b93beb1d7c958535a6097f14c315547006ca4bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1565 (2023) — Town of Fort White, Columbia County

Town of Fort White, Columbia County; Revises boundaries, general powers to borrow money, & election & terms of members of Town Council; provides council districts; provides for presiding officer of council; provides for salaries of Mayor & members of Town Council, removes provisions relating to municipal court; revises provisions relating to police & fire departments; revises requirements for Town Clerk; removes provisions relating to town auditor, town tax assessor, town treasurer, tax administration, & canvass of election returns; revises requirements for election of candidates to office of Town Council; revises terms of office of councilmembers.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-344.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. H 1565 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1565 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1565 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brannan — primary (person)
• Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-03-06 Filed filing
• 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2023-03-16 Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-03-20 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2023-03-20 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-03-20 CS Filed filing
• 2023-03-20 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2023-03-21 Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
• 2023-03-27 Added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-03-29 Favorable by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
• 2023-03-29 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2023-04-07 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2023-04-11 Favorable by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-11 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2023-04-11 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2023-04-11 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-24 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
• 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-04-27 In Messages
• 2023-04-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 Received enrolled
• 2023-05-04 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2023-05-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2023-05-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-05-04 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-05-04 In Messages
• 2023-05-04 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2023-06-14 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-28 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-07-07 Chapter No. 2023-344

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b45028a8-8a01-4318-b5a7-1e9f336d6107. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).