---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation Area Designations"
description: "Conservation Area Designations; Designates Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area as Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area; directs DEP to erect suitable markers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Florida HB 217 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-107"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky", "Overdorf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce02e0e1-bf3b-4126-9d1d-26dac69925c8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/217/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bd9e9382b7b6aa2b22e867f014cefeb32c2c4f7bf13c331f0fd787c03098985a"
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 217 (2021) — Conservation Area Designations

Conservation Area Designations; Designates Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area as Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area; directs DEP to erect suitable markers.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-107.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 217 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/217/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 217 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/217/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Cosponsorship, Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Overdorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-22** 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
- **2021-03-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/18/2021)
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-03-25** Message sent to senate
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Received
- **2021-04-07** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-07** Substituted for SB 588
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17** Chapter No. 2021-107

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce02e0e1-bf3b-4126-9d1d-26dac69925c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).