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type: "Bill"
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title: "Safety Standards for Amusement Rides"
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description: "Safety Standards for Amusement Rides; Citing this act as the “Tyre Sampson Act”; requiring permanent amusement rides operated for the first time in this state after a specified date to have a ride commissioning and certification report on file with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to remove an amusement ride from service and take appropriate administrative actions under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which the owner or manager of an amusement ride is required to report an accident and under which the department may impound an amusement ride involved in an accident, 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 902"
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citation: "Florida SB 902 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["business organizations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-50"
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primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture", "Thompson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dfa7eb0-9293-47a0-943a-d8bb4d86b984"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/902/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "42c98901641f40fe59a186766c3d4904ae5ec948804a5452f5437c3509a143e3"
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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 902 (2023) — Safety Standards for Amusement Rides
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Safety Standards for Amusement Rides; Citing this act as the “Tyre Sampson Act”; requiring permanent amusement rides operated for the first time in this state after a specified date to have a ride commissioning and certification report on file with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to remove an amusement ride from service and take appropriate administrative actions under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which the owner or manager of an amusement ride is required to report an accident and under which the department may impound an amusement ride involved in an accident, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-50.
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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 902 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/902/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 902 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/902/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 902 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/902/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 902 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/902/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 902 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/902/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Agriculture — primary (person)
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- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
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- Thompson — primary (person)
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- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-13** CS by Agriculture; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-14** CS by Agriculture read 1st time
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- **2023-03-15** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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- **2023-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2023-04-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
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- **2023-04-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-20** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-25** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
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- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (505472, 726118, 872850)
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
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- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-50, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 904 (Ch. 2023-51)
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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/2dfa7eb0-9293-47a0-943a-d8bb4d86b984`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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