---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties"
description: "Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties; Authorizing a Board of Directors to govern the authority; providing for terms of office and appointment of members to the board; revising certain officer positions of the authority, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1375"
citation: "Florida HB 1375 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drake"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82bda04c-dba9-4ecb-8d2c-2ab43feec81e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1375/ByCategory"
source_hash: "aa941e142167a3179e3be5b4e9f4aca96ec5c6c58cc36478a99a25915e9515aa"
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 1375 (2020) — Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties

Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties; Authorizing a Board of Directors to govern the authority; providing for terms of office and appointment of members to the board; revising certain officer positions of the authority, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1375 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1375/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1375 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1375/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1375 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1375/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Local Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Drake — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Local Administration Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Local Administration Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-01-29** Favorable by Local Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-29** 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
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2020-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/20
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Amendment(s) adopted (453683)
- **2020-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** In Messages
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Received
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/20
- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82bda04c-dba9-4ecb-8d2c-2ab43feec81e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).