---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern"
description: "Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; Authorizes DEP to expend certain funds for purpose of entering into financial assistance agreements with City of Apalachicola for specified surface water & groundwater quality improvement projects within Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; provides for expiration of expenditure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "Florida HB 407 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-227"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7662e087-e07b-4e1c-9185-ea801286dd7d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/407/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7d36bcf9f42b7dc8ce58714b80a4fa2f95716060a4d09cf126c36a204ca237ac"
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 407 (2023) — Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern

Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; Authorizes DEP to expend certain funds for purpose of entering into financial assistance agreements with City of Apalachicola for specified surface water & groundwater quality improvement projects within Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; provides for expiration of expenditure.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-227.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 407 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/407/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 407 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/407/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shoaf — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-10** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-12** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-17** 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** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for SB 702
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-227

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7662e087-e07b-4e1c-9185-ea801286dd7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).