---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands"
description: "OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for certain information relating to sale, disposal, or exchange of water management district surplus lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 7003"
citation: "Florida HB 7003 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-74"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffitts"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35447bbb-2b28-4c9c-9fc9-1f6bcf2eb1a9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7003/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2045018ec005ef3e33c08572913c0f90157bac0e1c53686516d3a36626c113a9"
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 7003 (2023) — OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands

OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for certain information relating to sale, disposal, or exchange of water management district surplus lands.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-74.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7003 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7003/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7003 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7003/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Griffitts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-21** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-03-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-18** Substituted for SB 7004
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35447bbb-2b28-4c9c-9fc9-1f6bcf2eb1a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).