---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Clearwater, Pinellas County"
description: "City of Clearwater, Pinellas County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "Florida HB 1071 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["clearwater", "city of", "lands", "forestry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-173"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahern"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c3e8ce1-0729-4c23-a5f0-803cf7e1b959"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01071/ByCategory"
source_hash: "da7dc2a7a0922528acb7643b6d3d44c413d3cd96a3ae54e76f4970639aad26e1"
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 1071 (2018) — City of Clearwater, Pinellas County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-173.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1071 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1071/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1071 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1071/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1071 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1071/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ahern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-03** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-24** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-25** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-26** Now in Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-26** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/08/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-08** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** In Messages
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/08/18
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-173

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c3e8ce1-0729-4c23-a5f0-803cf7e1b959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).