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| Bill | Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers | Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers; Revises amount & conditions of payment of death benefits; requires payment be made to beneficiary through process set out by DMA; removes provisions relating to payment when beneficiary is not designated; requires proof of residency or duty post to be provided to DMA; requires DMA to request CFO to draw warrant for payment of benefits from General Revenue Fund. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 621 | Florida HB 621 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-163 |
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3 | 41 | 5 | 2023-02-06 | 2023-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/77c4e677-991a-4315-8bd8-a84617b380a2 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/621/ByCategory | 89ad7bf8447524e34ba617ead195cfbed08ec76f32b78024dcc1e300d884f081 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 621 (2023) — Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers
Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers; Revises amount & conditions of payment of death benefits; requires payment be made to beneficiary through process set out by DMA; removes provisions relating to payment when beneficiary is not designated; requires proof of residency or duty post to be provided to DMA; requires DMA to request CFO to draw warrant for payment of benefits from General Revenue Fund.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-163.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — 26–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Barnaby — primary (person)
- Maney — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-06 Filed
filing - 2023-02-14 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-02-14 Referred to Appropriations Committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-14 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-14 Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-16 Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-20 Favorable 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 Now in Appropriations Committee
- 2023-03-24 Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- 2023-03-28 Favorable by Appropriations Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-28 Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- 2023-03-28 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2023-04-07 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- 2023-04-11 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-12 Reported out of State Affairs 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 1)
reading-1 - 2023-04-13 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-25 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- 2023-04-28 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-28 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-28 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-28 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2023-04-28 Received
enrolled - 2023-05-01 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2023-05-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-05-01 Substituted for CS/SB 1094
- 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-01 In Messages
- 2023-05-01 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-22 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-26 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-163
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77c4e677-991a-4315-8bd8-a84617b380a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).