---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetland Mitigation"
description: "Wetland Mitigation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Florida HB 521 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-110"
primary_sponsors: ["McClure", "Overdorf"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a9f234-fcd2-43c4-b6ad-c8897a7703e3"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/521/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1fefbfd87ad0d287f305baaec5140390f3364d00a6fe5a74d3db72fa06710f36"
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 521 (2019) — Wetland Mitigation

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-110.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 521 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/521/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 521 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/521/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 521 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/521/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **72–42** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee) — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClure — primary (person)
- Overdorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 1:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-12** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 1
- **2019-03-14** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-14** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-15** Original reference(s) removed: Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-15** CS referred to State Affairs Committee
- **2019-03-15** 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** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 72 NAYS 42 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-26** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 532
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-18** Chapter No. 2019-110

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26a9f234-fcd2-43c4-b6ad-c8897a7703e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).