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type: "Bill"
title: "Interests of Foreign Countries"
description: "Interests of Foreign Countries; Prohibiting governmental entities from knowingly entering into certain contracts; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action; providing penalties; requiring government entities to require an affidavit from applicants before providing any economic incentive; prohibiting foreign principals from purchasing agricultural land, or having more than a de minimus indirect interest in such land, and certain real property in this state, respectively; authorizing foreign principals to continue to own or hold such land or property under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Florida SB 264 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business", "real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-33"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Judiciary", "Rules"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dd47119-2997-4b18-9a0c-e485db91cf97"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5686c4c4009b8ee3057662a8c984b610cfca6e1aeef2ca522fe5d0b6204cfff7"
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 SB 264 (2023) — Interests of Foreign Countries
Interests of Foreign Countries; Prohibiting governmental entities from knowingly entering into certain contracts; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action; providing penalties; requiring government entities to require an affidavit from applicants before providing any economic incentive; prohibiting foreign principals from purchasing agricultural land, or having more than a de minimus indirect interest in such land, and certain real property in this state, respectively; authorizing foreign principals to continue to own or hold such land or property under certain circumstances, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-33.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 264 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 264 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 264 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 264 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 264 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/BillText/e2/HTML)
6. **S 264 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/264/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **9517** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **120** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **9517** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **180** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **318** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Collins — primary (person)
- Judiciary — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-14** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-15** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-15** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/22/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-21** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2023-03-22** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-23** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/23
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Amendment(s) adopted (415792, 708856)
- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment 048607 adopted
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 95, NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** In returning messages
- **2023-05-04** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (790990)
- **2023-05-04** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (048607)
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 790990 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 95, NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter No. 2023-33, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 645 (Ch. 2023-147)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dd47119-2997-4b18-9a0c-e485db91cf97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).