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| Bill | Public Safety | Public Safety; Authorizes person to carry concealed weapon or firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; requires person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license to carry identification & display upon demand by law enforcement; prohibits person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license from carrying such weapon or firearm in specified locations; authorizes nonresident to carry concealed weapon or firearm in this state if he or she meets same requirements as resident; requires Office of Safe Schools to develop behavioral threat management operational process. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 543 | Florida HB 543 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-18 |
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4 | 58 | 7 | 2023-01-30 | 2023-04-03 | openstates | ocd-bill/63c85194-0661-4d80-bb57-a1c6c38bf8c7 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/543/ByCategory | 64db8e3ef6999d4fb2769b31c6e1bb0b4addf470d27c5741a2e71f7332836425 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 543 (2023) — Public Safety
Public Safety; Authorizes person to carry concealed weapon or firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; requires person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license to carry identification & display upon demand by law enforcement; prohibits person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license from carrying such weapon or firearm in specified locations; authorizes nonresident to carry concealed weapon or firearm in this state if he or she meets same requirements as resident; requires Office of Safe Schools to develop behavioral threat management operational process.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-18.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 543 Filed (filed) — source
- H 543 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 543 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 543 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- A - 780607, Adoption, Second Reading — 32–77 (fail) · lower
- Favorable (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — 10–5 (pass) · lower
- A - 846968, Amendment, Second Reading — 13–27 (fail) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — 16–7 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 27–13 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 76–32 (pass) · lower
- A - 611140, Amendment, Second Reading — 12–27 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Brannan — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Payne — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Duggan — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Rommel — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Temple — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-30 Filed
filing - 2023-01-31 Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-01-31 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-01-31 Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2023-01-31 Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-02-07 Favorable by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-07 Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2023-02-07 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2023-02-14 PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2023-02-21 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-24 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2023-02-24 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-02-24 CS Filed
filing - 2023-02-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-07 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-03-20 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/23/2023)
- 2023-03-23 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-03-23 Amendment 932977 adopted
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 389729 superseded by substitute
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 622081 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 618839 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 780607 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 423327 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 769093 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 642477 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 496193 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 488229 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 319647 adopted
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 591775 superseded by substitute
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 355135 adopted
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 988641 superseded by substitute
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 954681 adopted
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 419187 adopted
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 880029 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Amendment 089381 Failed
- 2023-03-23 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-23 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-03-24 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-24 CS passed as amended; YEAS 76, NAYS 32
passage - 2023-03-24 In Messages
- 2023-03-27 Referred to Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-03-28 Received
enrolled - 2023-03-29 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
withdrawal - 2023-03-29 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-03-29 Substituted for CS/SB 150
- 2023-03-29 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-03-29 Amendment(s) failed (212780, 244120, 447572, 494682, 611140, 617732, 641176, 846968)
- 2023-03-29 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-30 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-30 CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 13
passage - 2023-03-30 Immediately certified
- 2023-03-31 In Messages
- 2023-03-31 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-04-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-04-03 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-04-03 Chapter No. 2023-18; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7025 (Ch. 2023-19)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63c85194-0661-4d80-bb57-a1c6c38bf8c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).