---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Environmental Protection"
description: "Department of Environmental Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5401"
citation: "Florida HB 5401 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business", "reclamation", "and use", "criminal procedure and corrections", "crimes", "public lands and property", "public health", "executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-141"
primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/313ee43a-7847-4e8f-8da2-7710ff89c540"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5401/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1c9e5e74c79b2b2e377a1858eb4b5a3b6510b7fd0b42bb94a2144e043629c8ad"
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 5401 (2019) — Department of Environmental Protection

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-141.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5401 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5401/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5401 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5401/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/27/19, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-27** Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/19
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-04** Immediately certified
- **2019-04-04** In Messages
- **2019-04-05** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/11/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-09** Received
- **2019-04-11** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-23** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Chapter No. 2019-141, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2019-115)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/313ee43a-7847-4e8f-8da2-7710ff89c540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).