---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County"
description: "Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Florida HB 1397 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["hardee county", "forestry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-185"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfc892ca-b223-4b92-8ce8-a81a2a01bb07"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01397/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8c0c4d0bc688f6f2fdfbc7871828073a13b18a90199b21da387500b00652eda6"
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 1397 (2018) — Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-185.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1397 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1397/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1397 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1397/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1397 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1397/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albritton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **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 13 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-25** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-25** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-26** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** 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 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 744, 745 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** 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. 2018-185

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfc892ca-b223-4b92-8ce8-a81a2a01bb07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).