---
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: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1203"
citation: "Florida HB 1203 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-180"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e371fdb7-2e8c-4e38-a623-6f8221fe9f3d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1203/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6f261b66626645bd4898e68cabce9be7f0e248a30065d90cdc1bfd961e9d1dd2"
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 1203 (2019) — Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, Manatee and Sarasota Counties

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-180.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1203 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1203/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1203 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1203/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1203 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1203/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregory — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-26** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-27** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-27** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-28** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2019-04-09** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 04/11/19, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-11** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-16** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/18/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-18** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Local Calendar, 05/01/19
- **2019-04-29** Received
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled -HJ 1130, 1157
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-08** Chapter No. 2019-180

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e371fdb7-2e8c-4e38-a623-6f8221fe9f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).