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type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries"
description: "Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries; Creates Historic Cemeteries Program within Division of Historical Resources of DOS; creates Historic Cemeteries Program Advisory Council; authorizes certain entities to acquire conservation easements to preserve cemeteries; provides appropriations & authorizes positions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Florida HB 49 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "appropriations", "public lands and property", "real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-142"
primary_sponsors: ["Driskell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-14"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/483ec281-4aba-4b02-9f62-9ba19c4ca0af"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/49/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b52deb9332e7bfbe7005ac84a3780112320732d2d403e9e0c53e91e45a7916f3"
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 49 (2023) — Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries
Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries; Creates Historic Cemeteries Program within Division of Historical Resources of DOS; creates Historic Cemeteries Program Advisory Council; authorizes certain entities to acquire conservation easements to preserve cemeteries; provides appropriations & authorizes positions.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-142.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 49 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/49/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 49 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/49/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 49 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/49/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 49 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/49/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 49 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/49/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **110** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Driskell — primary (person)
- Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Rayner-Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-14** Filed `filing`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-23** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-16** Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-23** Favorable with CS by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-31** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/18/2023)
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/SB 430
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **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`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-142
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/483ec281-4aba-4b02-9f62-9ba19c4ca0af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).