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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drone Delivery Services"
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description: "Drone Delivery Services; Prohibiting a political subdivision from taking certain actions against a drone delivery service based on the location of its drone port; authorizing a political subdivision to enforce certain regulations relating to setback and landscaping; exempting drone ports from the Florida Building Code; exempting drone ports from certain provisions of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc."
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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: "SB 1068"
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citation: "Florida SB 1068 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["and solicitations", "aviation"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-137"
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primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Commerce and Tourism", "Community Affairs", "Rules"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-22"
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last_action: "2023-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e785203c-5edd-4aeb-a677-a247b4916c0b"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "f00ffe61ab6e8b52f7f5e1ce8713ddaf67fcbdab9e8e86e469e9ed1abf605b4f"
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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 SB 1068 (2023) — Drone Delivery Services
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Drone Delivery Services; Prohibiting a political subdivision from taking certain actions against a drone delivery service based on the location of its drone port; authorizing a political subdivision to enforce certain regulations relating to setback and landscaping; exempting drone ports from the Florida Building Code; exempting drone ports from certain provisions of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-137.
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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. **S 1068 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 1068 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 1068 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 1068 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/c3/HTML)
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5. **S 1068 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1068/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Collins — primary (person)
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- Commerce and Tourism — primary (person)
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- Community Affairs — primary (person)
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- Rules — primary (person)
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- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-13** CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
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- **2023-03-15** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-15** Now in Community Affairs
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- **2023-03-15** CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
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- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/22/23, 11:00 am, 401 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-22** CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-24** Now in Rules
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- **2023-03-28** CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
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- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-05** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
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- **2023-04-06** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
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- **2023-04-11** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
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- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Immediately certified
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- **2023-04-12** In Messages
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- **2023-04-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
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- **2023-04-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 1071
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-137
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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/e785203c-5edd-4aeb-a677-a247b4916c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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