---
type: "Bill"
title: "Airboat Regulation"
description: "Airboat Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1211"
citation: "Florida HB 1211 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["finances", "boats and boating"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-137"
primary_sponsors: ["Abruzzo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e5f9ae1-4ab7-44d0-884d-228556133959"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01211/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2354eba7861781a88bf0a02c10a405e31aa95b8176179cd0ceb1d01b08995099"
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 1211 (2018) — Airboat Regulation

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-137.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1211 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1211/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1211 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1211/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1211 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1211/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1211 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1211/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **25–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abruzzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-30** CS by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-02** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-02** CS by Careers and Competition Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-05** Original reference(s) removed: Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee
- **2018-02-05** CS referred to Government Accountability Committee; Commerce Committee
- **2018-02-05** 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** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/26/18, 2:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-02-26** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 1
- **2018-02-27** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-02-27** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **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 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-06** Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1612
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 1 -SJ 1019, 1020 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-137

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e5f9ae1-4ab7-44d0-884d-228556133959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).