---
type: "Bill"
title: "Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification"
description: "Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification; Directs turfgrass science program at UF/IFAS, in coordination & cooperation with DEP, to administer certification for golf course best management practices & provide training & testing programs; provides exemption from certain local training & local ordinance regulations; provides for turfgrass science program to share information with governmental entities & create online registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 967"
citation: "Florida HB 967 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public health"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-202"
primary_sponsors: ["Truenow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8dcba62-6621-4268-828a-38b93d870078"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/ByCategory"
source_hash: "28f192b49c618013dc8d6de340495191c6c71c73d927ee4dd829fe96dde47657"
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 967 (2022) — Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification

Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification; Directs turfgrass science program at UF/IFAS, in coordination & cooperation with DEP, to administer certification for golf course best management practices & provide training & testing programs; provides exemption from certain local training & local ordinance regulations; provides for turfgrass science program to share information with governmental entities & create online registry.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-202.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 967 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 967 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 967 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 967 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 967 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **16–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Truenow — primary (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-04** Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2022-02-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-08** CS Filed
- **2022-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-10** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with CS by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-15** CS Filed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-21** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-24** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-24** CS Filed
- **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **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 112, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1556
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-21** Chapter No. 2022-202

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8dcba62-6621-4268-828a-38b93d870078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).