---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Seminole and North Orange County Wastewater Transmission Authority"
description: "South Seminole and North Orange County Wastewater Transmission Authority; Designates regional sewage treatment plant as Orlando Iron Bridge Wastewater Treatment Facility; revises boundaries; revises provisions relating to selection of governing board members & officers; authorizes authority to contract with entity for certain purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "Florida HB 1591 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-259"
primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6b9b4f1-4ccf-484d-b76e-2ddac0cc7a3f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1591/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a6e41edd4b5053eb969ca0612348c58b1d2b4d6f7d0376d9dd23ee353e74e563"
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 1591 (2021) — South Seminole and North Orange County Wastewater Transmission Authority

South Seminole and North Orange County Wastewater Transmission Authority; Designates regional sewage treatment plant as Orlando Iron Bridge Wastewater Treatment Facility; revises boundaries; revises provisions relating to selection of governing board members & officers; authorizes authority to contract with entity for certain purposes.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-259.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1591 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1591/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1591 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1591/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plakon — 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 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 State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** In Messages
- **2021-04-01** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** 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. 2021-259

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6b9b4f1-4ccf-484d-b76e-2ddac0cc7a3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).