---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Development Districts"
description: "Community Development Districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Florida HB 437 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["planning and development"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-164"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27494788-95d0-4594-8246-829facafc691"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/437/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9b2dcc5159c58cd6dad342e12863ae2668909c54785c932c87125347a7880509"
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 437 (2019) — Community Development Districts

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-164.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 437 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 437 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/437/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 437 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/437/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 437 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/437/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–9** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **19–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1
- **2019-03-06** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-07** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2019-03-07** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 03/25/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-25** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/28/19, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-28** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 1
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-29** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 106 NAYS 9 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Community Affairs; Infrastructure and Security; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Infrastructure and Security; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 728
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Chapter No. 2019-164

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27494788-95d0-4594-8246-829facafc691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).