---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inventories of Critical Wetlands"
description: "Inventories of Critical Wetlands; Requiring each water management district governing board, in cooperation with local governments, to develop a list of critical wetlands for acquisition using funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund; requiring the governing boards to consider certain criteria when including wetlands on the list and to notify owners of property contemplated to be included on the list; requiring owners who wish to have their property removed from the list to submit a certified letter requesting removal; requiring a governing board to approve such removal if the request meets those requirements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 882"
citation: "Florida SB 882 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-76"
primary_sponsors: ["Brodeur", "Community Affairs", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-08"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad3bba4-b267-4775-8039-5c2c82ea8427"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/882/ByCategory"
source_hash: "626018c2b493cff110fbf3645c97a189e58f6099df6ae4d6931431a99c635fab"
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 882 (2022) — Inventories of Critical Wetlands

Inventories of Critical Wetlands; Requiring each water management district governing board, in cooperation with local governments, to develop a list of critical wetlands for acquisition using funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund; requiring the governing boards to consider certain criteria when including wetlands on the list and to notify owners of property contemplated to be included on the list; requiring owners who wish to have their property removed from the list to submit a certified letter requesting removal; requiring a governing board to approve such removal if the request meets those requirements, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-76.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 882 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/882/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 882 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/882/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 882 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/882/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 882 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/882/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brodeur — primary (person)
- Community Affairs — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-30** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/10/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-01-10** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-11** 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** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-04** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/22, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-09** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2022-02-10** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-11** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-16** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **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** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2022)
- **2022-03-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for HB 761
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** 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. 2022-76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad3bba4-b267-4775-8039-5c2c82ea8427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).