---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biscayne Bay"
description: "Biscayne Bay; Establishes Biscayne Bay Commission; provides for commission purpose, membership, duties, & authority; prohibits sewage disposal facilities from disposing of any wastes into Biscayne Bay without providing advanced waste treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "Florida HB 1177 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public health", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-47"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9292bce2-bcfc-4f18-8c79-f624b2e20cf5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1177/ByCategory"
source_hash: "95d15f6786f64abb248b66cc857df70b2e2bcdb3d6b5236898cce483ec059bc5"
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 1177 (2021) — Biscayne Bay

Biscayne Bay; Establishes Biscayne Bay Commission; provides for commission purpose, membership, duties, & authority; prohibits sewage disposal facilities from disposing of any wastes into Biscayne Bay without providing advanced waste treatment.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-47.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1177 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1177/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1177 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1177/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1177 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1177/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1177 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1177/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-09** Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-11** Favorable by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2021-03-11** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-16** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-30** CS Filed
- **2021-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment 328297 filed
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Amendment 328297 adopted
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1482
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-01** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Chapter No. 2021-47

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9292bce2-bcfc-4f18-8c79-f624b2e20cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).