---
type: "Bill"
title: "Independent Special Districts"
description: "Independent Special Districts; Dissolving certain independent special districts; authorizing the reestablishment of certain independent special districts, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022C"
identifier: "SB 4C"
citation: "Florida SB 4C (2022C)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-266"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-19"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a476fe-da68-4462-9015-d1647ce29973"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022C/4C/ByCategory"
source_hash: "696794edc9ad288a669474229200c1031fa66080254714971486e433b24bc9d1"
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 4C (2022C) — Independent Special Districts

Independent Special Districts; Dissolving certain independent special districts; authorizing the reestablishment of certain independent special districts, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-266.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 4C Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022C/4C/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 4C er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022C/4C/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- D - 945716, Amendment, Second Reading — **16–23** (fail) · upper
- Favorable — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **70–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-19** Filed `filing`
- **2022-04-19** Referred to Community Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/19/22, 2:30 pm, 117 Knott Building
- **2022-04-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-04-19** Favorable by- Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/22
- **2022-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Amendment(s) failed (945716)
- **2022-04-19** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** Passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 16 -SJ 10, 11 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** In Messages
- **2022-04-20** Read 1st time
- **2022-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** Substituted for HB 3C
- **2022-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** Passed; YEAS 70, NAYS 38 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-29** Chapter No. 2022-266

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a476fe-da68-4462-9015-d1647ce29973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).