---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eastpoint Water and Sewer District, Franklin County"
description: "Eastpoint Water and Sewer District, Franklin County; Reenacts, amends, & repeals special act relating to district; provides for continuation of authority for revenue collection & powers to meet outstanding obligations; revises definitions; removes separate positions of board secretary & board treasurer; creates position of board secretary-treasurer; removes chapter 67-1399, Laws of Florida, relating to district; provides exception to general law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023B"
identifier: "HB 13B"
citation: "Florida HB 13B (2023B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-7"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8af48c9a-1a94-4fbe-adff-dc22616a040c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/13B/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4d7c8370fe583150b04fd307b093f77ce0b9b3274c19b899871688efa8087b03"
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 13B (2023B) — Eastpoint Water and Sewer District, Franklin County

Eastpoint Water and Sewer District, Franklin County; Reenacts, amends, & repeals special act relating to district; provides for continuation of authority for revenue collection & powers to meet outstanding obligations; revises definitions; removes separate positions of board secretary & board treasurer; creates position of board secretary-treasurer; removes chapter 67-1399, Laws of Florida, relating to district; provides exception to general law.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-7.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 13B Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/13B/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 13B er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/13B/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shoaf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-02-06** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-02-08** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/9/2023)
- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** In Messages
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/23, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-10** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/10/23
- **2023-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-10** In Messages
- **2023-02-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Chapter No. 2023-7

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8af48c9a-1a94-4fbe-adff-dc22616a040c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).