---
type: "Bill"
title: "Powers of Land Authorities"
description: "Powers of Land Authorities; Authorizing land authorities to assist the counties in which they are located with certain activities addressing flooding and sea-level rise, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 442"
citation: "Florida SB 442 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-75"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-12"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ea73d8-5500-480a-8c3e-1dd6378bd506"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/442/ByCategory"
source_hash: "92a044de5959f04c0509a503d8b389b411f817e595e10803b8e6c9762440d2f8"
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 442 (2022) — Powers of Land Authorities

Powers of Land Authorities; Authorizing land authorities to assist the counties in which they are located with certain activities addressing flooding and sea-level rise, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-75.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 442 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/442/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 442 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/442/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-21** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-22** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 11/30/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-11-30** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-30** Now in Community Affairs
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-02** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/15/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for HB 571
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-28** Chapter No. 2022-75

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ea73d8-5500-480a-8c3e-1dd6378bd506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).