---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Neighborhood Improvement Districts"
description: "Special Neighborhood Improvement Districts; Revises number of directors allowed for boards of special neighborhood improvement districts; requires local planning ordinances to specify number of directors & provide for 4-year staggered terms; requires that directors be landowners in proposed area & be subject to certain taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Florida HB 1009 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-86"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-19"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6384ac14-da65-483d-9c67-fa362e546f39"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1009/ByCategory"
source_hash: "57ec7192cfc3256b07bfab057b409720f37d9403ce60221bc429550d2272e993"
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 1009 (2020) — Special Neighborhood Improvement Districts

Special Neighborhood Improvement Districts; Revises number of directors allowed for boards of special neighborhood improvement districts; requires local planning ordinances to specify number of directors & provide for 4-year staggered terms; requires that directors be landowners in proposed area & be subject to certain taxation.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-86.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1009 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1009/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1009 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1009/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2020-01-21** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2020-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 01/27/20, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-27** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-27** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/06/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-06** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** In Messages
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Community Affairs; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Received
- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Substituted for SB 1424
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-86

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6384ac14-da65-483d-9c67-fa362e546f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).