---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquatic Preserves"
description: "Aquatic Preserves; Creates Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve; designates preserve for inclusion in aquatic preserve system & as Outstanding Florida Water; describes boundaries of preserve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1061"
citation: "Florida HB 1061 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-136"
primary_sponsors: ["Massullo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-30"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eda6002-d27c-4bfd-8fb5-443d2333997f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1061/ByCategory"
source_hash: "eb34b77130f820e08c1b7c57f54997d07aa59c380bf103416d39efc1e8b7589d"
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 1061 (2020) — Aquatic Preserves

Aquatic Preserves; Creates Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve; designates preserve for inclusion in aquatic preserve system & as Outstanding Florida Water; describes boundaries of preserve.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-136.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1061 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1061/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1061 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1061/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1061 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1061/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1061 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1061/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massullo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-30** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-11** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-12** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-25** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-02** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Environment and Natural Resources; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for SB 1042
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-136

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5eda6002-d27c-4bfd-8fb5-443d2333997f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).