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| Bill | Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items | Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items; Authorizes condominium unit owners to display certain flags on Patriot Day; authorizes homeowners to display certain number of specified flags regardless of certain prohibitions in governing documents of homeowners' association; defines "first responder flag"; prohibits homeowners' associations from restricting parcel owners & their tenants from installing, displaying, or storing items on parcels; provides exceptions; prohibits certain homeowners' association documents from precluding property owners from displaying certain number of specified flags; requires that such flags be displayed in specified manner. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 437 | Florida HB 437 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-64 |
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4 | 46 | 5 | 2023-01-24 | 2023-05-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/ee3fcc5e-b583-4b08-80a2-3183c18a2683 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/ByCategory | bafed0ccf624a9642f2b612b7de03a34968541d845389ff9b664be21b21429e6 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 437 (2023) — Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items
Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items; Authorizes condominium unit owners to display certain flags on Patriot Day; authorizes homeowners to display certain number of specified flags regardless of certain prohibitions in governing documents of homeowners' association; defines "first responder flag"; prohibits homeowners' associations from restricting parcel owners & their tenants from installing, displaying, or storing items on parcels; provides exceptions; prohibits certain homeowners' association documents from precluding property owners from displaying certain number of specified flags; requires that such flags be displayed in specified manner.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-64.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 437 Filed (filed) — source
- H 437 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 437 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 437 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 15–1 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Buchanan — primary (person)
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-24 Filed
filing - 2023-02-01 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-02-01 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-02-01 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-01 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-16 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-20 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-21 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-03-21 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-21 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-22 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-03-22 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-22 Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- 2023-03-22 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-24 Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-29 Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-29 Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- 2023-03-29 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2023-04-07 PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2023-04-11 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-11 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2023-04-12 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-04-12 CS Filed
filing - 2023-04-12 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-04-13 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-20 CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-20 In Messages
- 2023-04-21 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2023-04-25 Received
enrolled - 2023-05-01 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2023-05-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-05-01 Substituted for CS/SB 1454
- 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-01 In Messages
- 2023-05-01 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-11 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-12 Chapter No. 2023-64
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee3fcc5e-b583-4b08-80a2-3183c18a2683. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).