---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Assumption of Federal Section 404 Dredge and Fill Permitting Authority"
description: "State Assumption of Federal Section 404 Dredge and Fill Permitting Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7043"
citation: "Florida HB 7043 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["environmental protection", "information technology"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-88"
primary_sponsors: ["Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/348e29a2-34f5-4449-857a-10328c6babbf"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07043/ByCategory"
source_hash: "38fa35ecd0ac5cff61e51d356fe295abbc5582b77751bf6086cdd36c26da924e"
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 7043 (2018) — State Assumption of Federal Section 404 Dredge and Fill Permitting Authority

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-88.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7043 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7043/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7043 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7043/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Government Accountability Committee `referral-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
- **2018-02-15** 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** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 2
- **2018-02-28** In Messages
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for SB 1402
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 1
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Chapter No. 2018-88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/348e29a2-34f5-4449-857a-10328c6babbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).