---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holiday Park Park and Recreation District, Sarasota County"
description: "Holiday Park Park and Recreation District, Sarasota County; Authorizes board of trustees to adopt & enforce certain rules & regulations governing use of district facilities & prescribe penalties for violations of such rules & regulations; provides requirements for such penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Florida HB 617 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-11-12"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34a70b26-55c4-4459-8dc1-1e57fba297a5"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/617/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8dcc0f139eae0c61bdabbc7f894c8d906292b853d39432a566c75d9d49e471c5"
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 617 (2020) — Holiday Park Park and Recreation District, Sarasota County

Holiday Park Park and Recreation District, Sarasota County; Authorizes board of trustees to adopt & enforce certain rules & regulations governing use of district facilities & prescribe penalties for violations of such rules & regulations; provides requirements for such penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 617 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/617/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 617 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/617/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 617 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/617/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-25** Referred to Local Administration Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Local Administration Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-01-29** CS by Local Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-29** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-29** CS by Local Administration Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-30** 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 22 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** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** In Messages
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** 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** CS 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/34a70b26-55c4-4459-8dc1-1e57fba297a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).