---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County"
description: "Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County; Authorizes the Hardee County Economic Development Authority to approve operating budget for specified purposes under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1465"
citation: "Florida HB 1465 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca2cd06-3348-45a7-8cea-15933fe8d6ed"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1465/ByCategory"
source_hash: "54df82286d722251b7585d63c29eedb395e561d4ee83195c66a4417782c57b6d"
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 1465 (2020) — Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County

Hardee County Economic Development Authority, Hardee County; Authorizes the Hardee County Economic Development Authority to approve operating budget for specified purposes under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1465 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1465/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1465 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1465/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1465 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1465/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Local Administration Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations 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 Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/10/20, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-10** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-10** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-18** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/20/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-20** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (124679)
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/20
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **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/fca2cd06-3348-45a7-8cea-15933fe8d6ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).