republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-357.md

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Bill	Special Observances	Special Observances; Designates each November as "Veterans Appreciation Month"; removes provisions relating to Veterans Week; authorizes Governor to issue proclamation with specified information.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 357	Florida HB 357 (2024)	bill	commercial relations	enacted	2024-65	Holcomb	3	38	2	2023-11-07	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6f661c11-3092-4001-9d81-9c16463381ac	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/357/ByCategory	ff854b0de1682a01e6791ca7c07e71f04817c3be83f39eea97f8f8e93ecac4b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 357 (2024) — Special Observances

Special Observances; Designates each November as "Veterans Appreciation Month"; removes provisions relating to Veterans Week; authorizes Governor to issue proclamation with specified information.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-65.

Version chain

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

1. H 357 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 357 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 357 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holcomb — primary (person)
• State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
• Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
• Canady — cosponsor (person)
• Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
• Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
• Cross — cosponsor (person)
• Daniels — cosponsor (person)
• Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
• Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
• Plakon — cosponsor (person)
• Rizo — cosponsor (person)
• Stark — cosponsor (person)
• Waldron — cosponsor (person)
• Woodson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-07 Filed filing
• 2023-11-22 Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-22 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-11-22 Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2023-12-06 Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-12-13 Favorable by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-12-13 Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2023-12-13 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-12 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2024-01-17 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-17 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2024-01-17 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-17 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-17 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-18 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-01-18 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-01-18 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/23/2024)
• 2024-01-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-01-23 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-01-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-01-24 CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-01-24 In Messages
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Received enrolled
• 2024-02-14 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-02-14 Substituted for CS/SB 346
• 2024-02-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-14 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-14 Immediately certified
• 2024-02-14 In Messages
• 2024-02-14 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-27 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Chapter No. 2024-65

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f661c11-3092-4001-9d81-9c16463381ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).