---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Key West, Monroe County"
description: "City of Key West, Monroe County; Revises provisions relating to election of Utility Board members, membership of board, & terms of service; provides for forfeiture of office; revises exemption from competitive procurement time period for original contract; provides sale, transfer, or other disposition of ownership interest in certain utilities effective only under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "Florida HB 1589 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-258"
primary_sponsors: ["Mooney Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da5917bd-53eb-4ca7-854a-e57e32b3c100"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1589/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1f0b9fecf71cc11a2e0b7bfc7745518743fe9b1ca1071c152239937d4044be31"
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 1589 (2021) — City of Key West, Monroe County

City of Key West, Monroe County; Revises provisions relating to election of Utility Board members, membership of board, & terms of service; provides for forfeiture of office; revises exemption from competitive procurement time period for original contract; provides sale, transfer, or other disposition of ownership interest in certain utilities effective only under specified circumstances.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-258.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1589 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1589/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1589 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1589/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mooney Jr. — primary (person)

## 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 Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `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 by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-01** Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** 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** Passed; YEAS 118, 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** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** 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. 2021-258

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da5917bd-53eb-4ca7-854a-e57e32b3c100`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).