---
type: "Bill"
title: "Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions"
description: "Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions; Revising and deleting distributions of the documentary stamp tax; providing that specified distributions may not be transferred to the General Revenue Fund; revising the purposes for which distributions may be made from the Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2512"
citation: "Florida SB 2512 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public transportation", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-39"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42831101-1dc8-4d1d-9fe3-3d25dd0b1d7f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2512/ByCategory"
source_hash: "017e5e609ad2567ebbb669d282d03c9b4db5499338814b8d936804e16022d711"
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 SB 2512 (2021) — Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions

Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions; Revising and deleting distributions of the documentary stamp tax; providing that specified distributions may not be transferred to the General Revenue Fund; revising the purposes for which distributions may be made from the Water Protection and Sustainability Program Trust Fund, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-39.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 2512 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2512/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2512 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2512/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 2512 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2512/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 2512 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2512/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **12–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **25–14** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26** Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
- **2021-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/31/21, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/01/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-31** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 12 NAYS 8
- **2021-04-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/07/21
- **2021-04-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment(s) adopted (133858)
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed as amended; YEAS 25 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Substituted for HB 5401
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 38 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-08** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-01** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Chapter No. 2021-39, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1954 (Ch. 2021-28), SB 2514 (Ch. 2021-29), SB 2500 (Ch. 2021-36)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42831101-1dc8-4d1d-9fe3-3d25dd0b1d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).