---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special District Accountability"
description: "Special District Accountability; Requires certain independent special districts to contract with independent entity to conduct performance reviews; specifies frequency of such reviews; requires OPPAGA to conduct performance reviews of certain independent special districts; provides criteria for contracting for such reviews; requires performance reviews to be reported; requires additional information to be provided by special districts in their annual reports; requires certain data be included in financial audits of special districts; requires certain community redevelopment agencies to file separate audited financial statements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1103"
citation: "Florida HB 1103 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["planning and development"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-226"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30b560af-9d96-41f4-a74c-bf93c3f20263"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1103/ByCategory"
source_hash: "217a63936820dff1a9c69919eedd3930148c21cb210057daa4ad366a2ff0db67"
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 1103 (2021) — Special District Accountability

Special District Accountability; Requires certain independent special districts to contract with independent entity to conduct performance reviews; specifies frequency of such reviews; requires OPPAGA to conduct performance reviews of certain independent special districts; provides criteria for contracting for such reviews; requires performance reviews to be reported; requires additional information to be provided by special districts in their annual reports; requires certain data be included in financial audits of special districts; requires certain community redevelopment agencies to file separate audited financial statements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-226.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1103 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1103/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1103 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1103/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1103 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1103/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1103 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1103/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1103 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1103/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Public Integrity & Elections Committee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-09** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-09** CS Filed
- **2021-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-04-07** Added to Public Integrity & Elections Committee agenda
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with CS by Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-04-12** Reported out of Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-12** CS Filed
- **2021-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-13** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-15** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-15** CS Filed
- **2021-04-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-27** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-27** Substituted for SB 1624
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Messages
- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-226

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30b560af-9d96-41f4-a74c-bf93c3f20263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).