---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, Manatee and Sarasota Counties"
description: "Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, Manatee and Sarasota Counties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "Florida HB 1119 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["manatee county", "sarasota county", "forestry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-178"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7eafb28-a2a0-4fba-b000-e6fdd2064425"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01119/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8995ab4dfc08509e7fb8b7c9746381e96db229427aa3f92901686f57503229dc"
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 1119 (2018) — Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, Manatee and Sarasota Counties

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-178.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1119 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1119/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1119 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1119/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1119 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1119/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Accountability Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-02** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-07** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/29/18, 3:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-29** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-29** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2018-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 02/14/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-14** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-02-20** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/22/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-22** CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-22** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-22** CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time -HJ 666, 667
- **2018-02-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** 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 37 NAYS 1 `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. 2018-178

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7eafb28-a2a0-4fba-b000-e6fdd2064425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).