---
type: "Bill"
title: "East Manatee Fire Rescue District, Manatee County"
description: "East Manatee Fire Rescue District, Manatee County; Provides for merger of Myakka City Fire Control District into East Manatee Fire Rescue District; revises boundaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1587"
citation: "Florida HB 1587 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-257"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3a79f8-54c0-4167-9961-b7b482c41384"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1587/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2316084108050dc678c6b599b8ae6d30713f779d74c63e9accae49aeee71265f"
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 1587 (2021) — East Manatee Fire Rescue District, Manatee County

East Manatee Fire Rescue District, Manatee County; Provides for merger of Myakka City Fire Control District into East Manatee Fire Rescue District; revises boundaries.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-257.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1587 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1587/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1587 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1587/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1587 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1587/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-16** CS Filed
- **2021-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-29** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2021-03-31** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-31** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Local Calendar, 04/29/21
- **2021-04-29** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 925, 926 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-257

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3a79f8-54c0-4167-9961-b7b482c41384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).