---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchase of Commodities and Services by Water Management Districts"
description: "Purchase of Commodities and Services by Water Management Districts; Authorizes water management districts to purchase commodities & contractual services from purchasing contracts of specified entities; provides conditions for such purchases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 169"
citation: "Florida HB 169 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-62"
primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55519b6c-949f-4607-afec-0803d723aed3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/169/ByCategory"
source_hash: "114b4636846b8da0d3a0d909b15e5ec6099adf5ea7fda8819234b71b8ff7d08d"
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 169 (2021) — Purchase of Commodities and Services by Water Management Districts

Purchase of Commodities and Services by Water Management Districts; Authorizes water management districts to purchase commodities & contractual services from purchasing contracts of specified entities; provides conditions for such purchases.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-62.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 169 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/169/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 169 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/169/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maggard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-16** Favorable by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2021-02-16** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-08** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **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** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for SB 952
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55519b6c-949f-4607-afec-0803d723aed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).