---
type: "Bill"
title: "Midway Fire District, Santa Rosa County"
description: "Midway Fire District, Santa Rosa County; Removes district's authority to levy ad valorem taxes; establishes maximum rates for non-ad valorem assessments; provides exception to general law relating to initial levy of non-ad valorem assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "Florida HB 1577 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-298"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c826043a-688c-4cb2-877a-a1506bd7fb11"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1577/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ffdbd68297bb03b96eb9d8a06ac0ad62f599082b48df8c73de48518412c5935e"
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 1577 (2024) — Midway Fire District, Santa Rosa County

Midway Fire District, Santa Rosa County; Removes district's authority to levy ad valorem taxes; establishes maximum rates for non-ad valorem assessments; provides exception to general law relating to initial levy of non-ad valorem assessments.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-298.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1577 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1577/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1577 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1577/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1577 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1577/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrade — primary (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-02-08** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-12** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment 345381 adopted
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** 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`
- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chapter No. 2024-298

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c826043a-688c-4cb2-877a-a1506bd7fb11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).