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| Bill | Sales of Firearms and Ammunition | Sales of Firearms and Ammunition; Prohibiting payment settlement entities, merchant acquiring entities, or third party settlement organizations from assigning merchant category codes or otherwise classifying merchants of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers; prohibiting entities involved in facilitating or processing payment card transactions from assigning to or requiring a merchant to use certain merchant category codes; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to investigate certain alleged violations and bring administrative actions, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 214 | Florida SB 214 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-79 |
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3 | 32 | 5 | 2023-01-17 | 2023-05-15 | openstates | ocd-bill/6e1ea743-a686-4a5f-b888-965191dba0f1 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/214/ByCategory | 95d2ac512addfa71ec4a7e1f71dd3b5b44912ea7ab12f02e2120c19e7b7b7764 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 214 (2023) — Sales of Firearms and Ammunition
Sales of Firearms and Ammunition; Prohibiting payment settlement entities, merchant acquiring entities, or third party settlement organizations from assigning merchant category codes or otherwise classifying merchants of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers; prohibiting entities involved in facilitating or processing payment card transactions from assigning to or requiring a merchant to use certain merchant category codes; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to investigate certain alleged violations and bring administrative actions, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-79.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–2 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 9–3 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 27–11 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 83–32 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 14–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
- Commerce and Tourism — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-17 Filed
filing - 2023-01-26 Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
referral-committee - 2023-02-13 On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/21/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-02-21 Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 3
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-22 Now in Commerce and Tourism
- 2023-02-27 On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/06/23, 3:30 pm, 401 Senate Building
- 2023-03-06 CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
- 2023-03-07 Introduced
introduction - 2023-03-08 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-03-08 Now in Rules
- 2023-03-08 CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- 2023-03-10 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/15/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-03-15 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-16 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-03-20 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/23/23
- 2023-03-23 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-03-23 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-23 CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 11
passage - 2023-03-23 Immediately certified
- 2023-03-24 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- 2023-04-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 32
passage - 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-11 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-12 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-15 Chapter No. 2023-79
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e1ea743-a686-4a5f-b888-965191dba0f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).