---
type: "Bill"
title: "Growth Management"
description: "Growth Management; Requires comprehensive plans & certain land development regulations of municipalities effective after certain date to incorporate certain development orders; requires local governments to include property rights element in their comprehensive plans; provides statement of rights; requires local government to adopt property rights element within specified timeframe; provides that certain property owners are not required to consent to development agreement changes; provides requirements & procedures for right of first refusal; authorizes certain developments of regional impact agreements to be amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Florida HB 59 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["municipalities", "public transportation", "reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-195"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18bbbe6-c8a4-4ebd-95ae-06e9b3a0f1ca"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/ByCategory"
source_hash: "162db9cd9b63bb7b934ff1b36feb3910c3aad71568fe1f1262ac9c7594705e19"
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 59 (2021) — Growth Management

Growth Management; Requires comprehensive plans & certain land development regulations of municipalities effective after certain date to incorporate certain development orders; requires local governments to include property rights element in their comprehensive plans; provides statement of rights; requires local government to adopt property rights element within specified timeframe; provides that certain property owners are not required to consent to development agreement changes; provides requirements & procedures for right of first refusal; authorizes certain developments of regional impact agreements to be amended.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-195.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 59 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 59 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 59 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 59 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 59 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 59 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/59/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **82–32** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **12–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/04/21, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2021-02-04** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-02-05** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-02-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-02-05** CS Filed
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-02-10** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-02-18** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-02-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-02-18** CS Filed
- **2021-02-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-03-08** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-11** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-11** CS Filed
- **2021-03-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **2021-03-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-15** 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** Amendment 111799 adopted
- **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** CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 32 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Received
- **2021-04-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 496
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** 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. 2021-195

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18bbbe6-c8a4-4ebd-95ae-06e9b3a0f1ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).