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Bill	Release of Balloons	Release of Balloons; Revises prohibition on release of certain balloons to delete specified timeframe & number of balloons; deletes exemption from such prohibition for certain biodegradable or photodegradable balloons; provides that person who violates prohibition commits noncriminal infraction of littering; revises penalty for such violation; deletes provision authorizing petitions to enjoin release of balloons.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 321	Florida HB 321 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-263	Chaney Mooney	4	47	3	2023-11-02	2024-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/7a373e01-05b9-4595-8715-ca8367b7471f	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/321/ByCategory	15d331862e6aaf4d01420198cb3456dba00bbd62616407b5d9216fdff39eb3a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 321 (2024) — Release of Balloons

Release of Balloons; Revises prohibition on release of certain balloons to delete specified timeframe & number of balloons; deletes exemption from such prohibition for certain biodegradable or photodegradable balloons; provides that person who violates prohibition commits noncriminal infraction of littering; revises penalty for such violation; deletes provision authorizing petitions to enjoin release of balloons.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-263.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. H 321 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 321 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 321 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. H 321 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage — 102–9 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Chaney — primary (person)
• Mooney — primary (person)
• Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
• Basabe — cosponsor (person)
• Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
• Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
• LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
• López, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Waldron — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-11-02 Filed filing
• 2023-11-13 Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-13 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-13 Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee referral-committee
• 2023-11-13 Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
• 2023-12-05 Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-12-12 Favorable with CS by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-12-13 Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
• 2023-12-13 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-12-13 CS Filed filing
• 2023-12-18 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-18 Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee referral-committee
• 2023-12-18 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-30 Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-31 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-31 Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
• 2024-02-06 Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
• 2024-02-08 Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
• 2024-02-08 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-02-08 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-12 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
• 2024-02-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-15 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-15 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 passage
• 2024-02-15 In Messages
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy withdrawal
• 2024-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-04 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 602
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Amendment(s) adopted (915176)
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 passage
• 2024-03-04 In Messages
• 2024-03-05 Added to Senate Message List
• 2024-03-05 Amendment 915176 Concur
• 2024-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 9 passage
• 2024-03-05 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled enrolled
• 2024-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-24 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-06-25 Chapter No. 2024-263

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a373e01-05b9-4595-8715-ca8367b7471f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).