---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful Dumping"
description: "Unlawful Dumping; Specifies it is unlawful to dump litter in or on any water control district property or canal right-of-way without consent; provides when litter is thrown or discarded from boat, operator or owner, or both, are in violation of certain provisions; requires water control district to report unlawful dumping to law enforcement; revises definition of term \"posted land\" to include land owned by water control district which has no trespassing signs placed at specified points."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1367"
citation: "Florida HB 1367 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-236"
primary_sponsors: ["Altman", "Bartleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af60c191-ce8d-413d-9109-7dffebe61cec"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1367/ByCategory"
source_hash: "256a9241f740891eefed6c3fe64a2c46e7ef33532ba858ddf6738b103a36a8d5"
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 1367 (2023) — Unlawful Dumping

Unlawful Dumping; Specifies it is unlawful to dump litter in or on any water control district property or canal right-of-way without consent; provides when litter is thrown or discarded from boat, operator or owner, or both, are in violation of certain provisions; requires water control district to report unlawful dumping to law enforcement; revises definition of term "posted land" to include land owned by water control district which has no trespassing signs placed at specified points.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-236.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1367 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1367/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1367 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1367/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1367 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1367/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1367 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1367/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Altman — primary (person)
- Bartleman — primary (person)
- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Original reference removed: State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1368
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-236

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af60c191-ce8d-413d-9109-7dffebe61cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).