---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of North Port, Sarasota County"
description: "City of North Port, Sarasota County; Creates Star Farms Village at North Port Stewardship District; establishes boundaries; provides for board of supervisors & election, membership, terms, meetings, & duties of board; provides method for transition of board from landowner control to control by resident electors; provides for district manager & treasurer; provides general & special powers of district; provides for bonds, borrowing, future ad valorem taxation, special assessments, issuance of certificates of indebtedness, & tax liens; provides for fees & charges; provides for referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Florida HB 1117 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-292"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acea19d9-11b4-4950-85ce-66025c061c9c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1117/ByCategory"
source_hash: "21732f23834bcdfaaa6d9154318981b1727336c6b274f2d037c40128f29683c3"
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 1117 (2024) — City of North Port, Sarasota County

City of North Port, Sarasota County; Creates Star Farms Village at North Port Stewardship District; establishes boundaries; provides for board of supervisors & election, membership, terms, meetings, & duties of board; provides method for transition of board from landowner control to control by resident electors; provides for district manager & treasurer; provides general & special powers of district; provides for bonds, borrowing, future ad valorem taxation, special assessments, issuance of certificates of indebtedness, & tax liens; provides for fees & charges; provides for referendum.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-292.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1117 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1117/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1117 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1117/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-25** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-31** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-05** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-07** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chapter No. 2024-292

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acea19d9-11b4-4950-85ce-66025c061c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).