---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Tax Referenda Requirements"
description: "Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 777"
citation: "Florida HB 777 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["county organization and intergovernmental relations", "public lands and property", "public transportation", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-214"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson, W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-30"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9fa3acf-c37c-4b60-b06f-aa0c2d5bd6c5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4c8fdc9044475816d12e2144721b4bb8a22ddc6adeffbd6e8c76b435ecdbff17"
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 777 (2022) — Local Tax Referenda Requirements

Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-214.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 777 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 777 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 777 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 777 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/777/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Public Integrity & Elections Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Public Integrity and Elections Committee — primary (organization)
- Robinson, W. — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- DiCeglie — cosponsor (person)
- Ingoglia — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-30** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2022-01-10** Added to Public Integrity & Elections Committee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-12** Favorable with CS by Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2022-01-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-01-13** CS Filed
- **2022-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-14** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-01-20** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2022-01-24** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2022-01-24** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-17** CS Filed
- **2022-02-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1194
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-28** Chapter No. 2022-214

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9fa3acf-c37c-4b60-b06f-aa0c2d5bd6c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).