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type: "Bill"
title: "Operation of a Golf Cart"
description: "Operation of a Golf Cart; Authorizing a water control district to designate certain roads for use by golf carts; requiring county approval before making such a designation; prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from operating a golf cart on certain roadways unless he or she possesses a valid learner's driver license or valid driver license; prohibiting a person 18 years of age or older from operating a golf cart on certain roadways unless he or she possesses a valid form of government-issued photographic identification; providing a penalty, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 949"
citation: "Florida HB 949 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-67"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevenson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8446578-13d0-4d65-8347-26ffc81b6c65"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/949/ByCategory"
source_hash: "46816fdf3f9f913e00228e579ca2dcaeac31af16b8cc086eabff0af4e30453e5"
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 949 (2023) — Operation of a Golf Cart
Operation of a Golf Cart; Authorizing a water control district to designate certain roads for use by golf carts; requiring county approval before making such a designation; prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from operating a golf cart on certain roadways unless he or she possesses a valid learner's driver license or valid driver license; prohibiting a person 18 years of age or older from operating a golf cart on certain roadways unless he or she possesses a valid form of government-issued photographic identification; providing a penalty, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-67.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 949 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/949/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 949 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/949/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 949 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/949/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 949 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/949/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 949 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/949/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee) — **150** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **171** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1020** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Stevenson — primary (person)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-16** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-17** 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** Amendment 887975 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 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 1290
- **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. 2023-67
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8446578-13d0-4d65-8347-26ffc81b6c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).