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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anchoring Limitation Areas"
description: "Anchoring Limitation Areas; Revises anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County; revises documentation & evidence criteria for proving location of vessel within anchoring limitation area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Florida HB 437 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-174"
primary_sponsors: ["Porras"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-13"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017d6f8a-35a1-4f7f-b573-3163ef29b7b7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/437/ByCategory"
source_hash: "33743607ca78624d1d6b5b939b7111e370c31fd52ab78e93a43c74b17cf720cc"
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 HB 437 (2024) — Anchoring Limitation Areas
Anchoring Limitation Areas; Revises anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County; revises documentation & evidence criteria for proving location of vessel within anchoring limitation area.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-174.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 437 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 437 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/437/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 437 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/437/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 437 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/437/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 437 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/437/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1052** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Porras — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** 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 Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-01-16** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-01-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-16** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 699785 adopted
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 105, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 192
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-174
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/017d6f8a-35a1-4f7f-b573-3163ef29b7b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).