---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Escambia County"
description: "Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Escambia County; Provides requirements for filling vacancies on Emerald Coast Utilities Authority; prohibits certain members from reelection; revises personnel guidelines; removes personnel appeals board; revises personnel appeals process & procedure; revises qualifications for executive director; removes exclusion of certain personnel from civil service protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1583"
citation: "Florida HB 1583 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-262"
primary_sponsors: ["Salzman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a23d717-12b4-4604-b7ec-fc7e120dcf55"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1583/ByCategory"
source_hash: "82d7c9c7cc1820450769ade4a90de7b727b39a0d096572958a5c9dec0ade971f"
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 1583 (2022) — Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Escambia County

Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Escambia County; Provides requirements for filling vacancies on Emerald Coast Utilities Authority; prohibits certain members from reelection; revises personnel guidelines; removes personnel appeals board; revises personnel appeals process & procedure; revises qualifications for executive director; removes exclusion of certain personnel from civil service protections.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-262.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1583 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1583/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1583 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1583/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1583 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1583/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Salzman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-16** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-16** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-16** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-16** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-31** PCS added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-02** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-03** CS Filed
- **2022-02-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Original reference removed: Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2022-02-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-21** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-21** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/10/22
- **2022-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-29** Chapter No. 2022-262

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a23d717-12b4-4604-b7ec-fc7e120dcf55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).