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type: "Bill"
title: "Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs"
description: "Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs; Authorizing public housing authorities to adopt certain policies relating to dogs; removing an exemption for local breed-specific ordinances adopted before a specified date, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 942"
citation: "Florida SB 942 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-253"
primary_sponsors: ["Calatayud"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5a42db7-45fb-4cef-bf3d-11a46b2df2cf"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/942/ByCategory"
source_hash: "609ecd033ad023cbae6d8404bc6b75a9c17ae142bd02a5fa04a4cd033b98a60c"
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 942 (2023) — Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs
Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs; Authorizing public housing authorities to adopt certain policies relating to dogs; removing an exemption for local breed-specific ordinances adopted before a specified date, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-253.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 942 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/942/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 942 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/942/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **90** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **170** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **71** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **391** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Calatayud — primary (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Community Affairs; Agriculture; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Now in Agriculture
- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2023-03-20** Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-05** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/18/2023)
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Substituted for HB 941
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-253
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5a42db7-45fb-4cef-bf3d-11a46b2df2cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).