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type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Fort White, Columbia County"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "Florida HB 1565 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-344"
primary_sponsors: ["Brannan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b45028a8-8a01-4318-b5a7-1e9f336d6107"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1565/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6c40b4dda205308c03bdfe1b8b93beb1d7c958535a6097f14c315547006ca4bc"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1565/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1565 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1565/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1565 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1565/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **160** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b45028a8-8a01-4318-b5a7-1e9f336d6107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).