Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Tax Referenda Requirements"
+description: "Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 777"
+citation: "Florida HB 777 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["county organization and intergovernmental relations", "public lands and property", "public transportation", "taxation and finance"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2022-214"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robinson, W."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-11-30"
+last_action: "2022-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9fa3acf-c37c-4b60-b06f-aa0c2d5bd6c5"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "4c8fdc9044475816d12e2144721b4bb8a22ddc6adeffbd6e8c76b435ecdbff17"
+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 777 (2022) — Local Tax Referenda Requirements
+
+Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-214.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 777 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 777 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 777 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 777 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Public Integrity & Elections Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Public Integrity and Elections Committee — primary (organization)
+- Robinson, W. — primary (person)
+- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
+- DiCeglie — cosponsor (person)
+- Ingoglia — cosponsor (person)
+- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-12-13** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-12-13** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-12-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-12-13** Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
+- **2022-01-10** Added to Public Integrity & Elections Committee agenda
+- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
+- **2022-01-12** Favorable with CS by Public Integrity & Elections Committee
+- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Public Integrity & Elections Committee
+- **2022-01-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
+- **2022-01-13** CS Filed
+- **2022-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
+- **2022-01-14** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-14** Now in Ways & Means Committee
+- **2022-01-20** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
+- **2022-01-24** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-24** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
+- **2022-01-24** Now in State Affairs Committee
+- **2022-02-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
+- **2022-02-17** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
+- **2022-02-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
+- **2022-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
+- **2022-02-17** CS Filed
+- **2022-02-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
+- **2022-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
+- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-24** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 2 `passage`
+- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
+- **2022-02-24** In Messages
+- **2022-02-24** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-28** Received
+- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2022-03-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1194
+- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-02** In Messages
+- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
+- **2022-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2022-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-06-28** Chapter No. 2022-214
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9fa3acf-c37c-4b60-b06f-aa0c2d5bd6c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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