---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Districts"
description: "Special Districts; Prohibiting the creation of new neighborhood improvement districts after a date certain; providing term limits for members of governing bodies of independent special districts elected by the qualified electors of the district; providing the method for changing boundaries of an independent special district; requiring special districts to establish performance measures to assess performance; etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7013"
citation: "Florida HB 7013 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "planning and development"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-136"
primary_sponsors: ["Persons-Mulicka"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf8522a-a87e-4555-b434-8e214d9c363f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7013/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b63d64689b0076f0f0b9a17d6ba86cec4115d3d002725a29251416cc62b928be"
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 7013 (2024) — Special Districts

Special Districts; Prohibiting the creation of new neighborhood improvement districts after a date certain; providing term limits for members of governing bodies of independent special districts elected by the qualified electors of the district; providing the method for changing boundaries of an independent special district; requiring special districts to establish performance measures to assess performance; etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-136.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7013 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7013/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7013 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7013/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7013 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7013/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 7013 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7013/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 7013 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7013/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Ways & Means Committee — primary (organization)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-01-17** Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2024-01-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1058
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (613928)
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 613928 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-29** Chapter No. 2024-136

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf8522a-a87e-4555-b434-8e214d9c363f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).