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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans' Services and Recognition"
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description: "Veterans' Services and Recognition; Creates Division of Long-term Care within DVA; revises qualifications for county & city veteran service officers; creates \"Veterans' Adult Day Health Care of Florida Act\"; provides for appointment, qualifications, duties, & responsibilities of program operator; establishes nondiscrimination policy; provides program admittance eligibility & priority; provides for audits, inspections, & operational standards; designates \"Veterans Week.\""
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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 485"
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citation: "Florida HB 485 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["commercial relations", "veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-162"
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primary_sponsors: ["Salzman", "Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-24"
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last_action: "2023-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba044d6d-85a9-44f9-b362-aa2e2d039cc7"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "f65fb653c8ba11be223a7c94dec2a1ede0e1bccee8a6f0aba40224f393a32122"
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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 485 (2023) — Veterans' Services and Recognition
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Veterans' Services and Recognition; Creates Division of Long-term Care within DVA; revises qualifications for county & city veteran service officers; creates "Veterans' Adult Day Health Care of Florida Act"; provides for appointment, qualifications, duties, & responsibilities of program operator; establishes nondiscrimination policy; provides program admittance eligibility & priority; provides for audits, inspections, & operational standards; designates "Veterans Week."
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-162.
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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 485 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 485 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 485 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/485/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Salzman — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
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- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
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- Leek — cosponsor (person)
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- Melo — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael — cosponsor (person)
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- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-15** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-27** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2023-04-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-10** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** In Messages
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- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 824
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-162
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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/ba044d6d-85a9-44f9-b362-aa2e2d039cc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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