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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Response"
description: "Emergency Response; Creating the Local Government Emergency Bridge Loan Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity, subject to appropriation; authorizing the department to provide interest-free loans to eligible local governments through specified means; requiring the loan amount to be based on demonstrated need of the local government and disbursed in a lump sum; authorizing the department to approve loans through the end of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, subject to the availability of funds, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023B"
identifier: "SB 2B"
citation: "Florida SB 2B (2023B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations", "public business"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-1"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/640e3168-b87e-46fd-97fc-02007847bff6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/2B/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a4331e9e35ab1fa95ab3ac549820588aed2838a1bf3d9e5f27ee288ccc7f957d"
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 2B (2023B) — Emergency Response
Emergency Response; Creating the Local Government Emergency Bridge Loan Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity, subject to appropriation; authorizing the department to provide interest-free loans to eligible local governments through specified means; requiring the loan amount to be based on demonstrated need of the local government and disbursed in a lump sum; authorizing the department to approve loans through the end of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, subject to the availability of funds, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-1.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 2B Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/2B/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2B er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/2B/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **200** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1060** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read Third Time, Second Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Albritton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/07/23, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/23
- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-08** In Messages
- **2023-02-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/9/2023)
- **2023-02-08** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Substituted for HB 1B
- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment 102673 ruled out of order
- **2023-02-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-15** Chapter No. 2023-1
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/640e3168-b87e-46fd-97fc-02007847bff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).