---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal of Advisory Bodies and Programs"
description: "Repeal of Advisory Bodies and Programs; Repealing chapters 2003-287 and 2006-43, Laws of Florida, relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Citrus/Hernando Waterways Restoration Council; deleting the advisory council for the My Safe Florida Home Program; removing the ad hoc committee that nominates persons for designation as Great Floridian; deleting the Trap Certificate Technical Advisory and Appeals Board; deleting the advisory board to support specific online degree programs at preeminent state research universities, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7039"
citation: "Florida HB 7039 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property", "industry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-144"
primary_sponsors: ["State Affairs Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e00f774-712e-4fcb-9032-c3791566a998"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7039/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5dde873b9d2ad6f11ecb9e5098c11f4d6b919606d841d4503cf5b3ca8e880df1"
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 7039 (2020) — Repeal of Advisory Bodies and Programs

Repeal of Advisory Bodies and Programs; Repealing chapters 2003-287 and 2006-43, Laws of Florida, relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Citrus/Hernando Waterways Restoration Council; deleting the advisory council for the My Safe Florida Home Program; removing the ad hoc committee that nominates persons for designation as Great Floridian; deleting the Trap Certificate Technical Advisory and Appeals Board; deleting the advisory board to support specific online degree programs at preeminent state research universities, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-144.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7039 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7039/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7039 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7039/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7039 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7039/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7039 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7039/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **70–45** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Committee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — 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 Education Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 01/30/20, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2020-01-30** Favorable by Education Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-12** CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-14** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-14** CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 70 NAYS 45 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 1636
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (169888)
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (169888)
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-144

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e00f774-712e-4fcb-9032-c3791566a998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).