---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ratification of St. Johns River Water Management District Rules"
description: "Ratification of St. Johns River Water Management District Rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7035"
citation: "Florida HB 7035 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["water management districts", "administrative procedures"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-41"
primary_sponsors: ["Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf996e26-f1d1-485d-a26b-64f7b39a8803"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07035/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c45a795544245e35d17037d124f6dc5054ed09a554714bc6ba1b4b474e2a2b51"
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 7035 (2018) — Ratification of St. Johns River Water Management District Rules

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-41.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7035 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7035/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7035 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7035/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-02-21** Withdrawn from Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-21** Substituted for SB 670
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-41

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf996e26-f1d1-485d-a26b-64f7b39a8803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).