---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative"
description: "Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 724"
citation: "Florida SB 724 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-47"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Environment and Natural Resources"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e0731bf-daa8-4dc2-bf4d-32d5a037d5ac"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b9f65b3b2acd42fede471d0c336117fee23fdf197dc73461347a81ce70ba8456"
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 724 (2023) — Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative

Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-47.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 724 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 724 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 724 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 724 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Boyd — primary (person)
- Environment and Natural Resources — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
- **2023-03-14** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-15** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-15** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2023-03-15** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/12/23, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-12** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-14** Now in Appropriations
- **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-17** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2023-04-20** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** 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. 2023-47

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e0731bf-daa8-4dc2-bf4d-32d5a037d5ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).