---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County"
description: "Lee County; Creates Duke Farm Stewardship District; establishes legal boundaries; provides for jurisdiction & charter; provides for membership, election, terms of office, & duties of governing board members; provides for meetings; provides for district treasurer, selection of public depository, & district budgets & financial reports; provides district powers; provides for bonds, borrowing, & trust agreements; provides for future ad valorem taxation & special assessments; provides requirements for termination, contraction, or expansion of district; specifies that certain district property is public; provides for referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 4025"
citation: "Florida HB 4025 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-231"
primary_sponsors: ["Esposito"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-17"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe0e2309-d2fd-4306-b5cd-23579197105f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4025/ByCategory"
source_hash: "234123008b7aff8c4fb79d7b8c2115d9650c524e2adf835c6c880ed1d2f00550"
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 4025 (2025) — Lee County

Lee County; Creates Duke Farm Stewardship District; establishes legal boundaries; provides for jurisdiction & charter; provides for membership, election, terms of office, & duties of governing board members; provides for meetings; provides for district treasurer, selection of public depository, & district budgets & financial reports; provides district powers; provides for bonds, borrowing, & trust agreements; provides for future ad valorem taxation & special assessments; provides requirements for termination, contraction, or expansion of district; specifies that certain district property is public; provides for referendum.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-231.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4025 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4025/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4025 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4025/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4025 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4025/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Esposito — primary (person)
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-03-18** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2025-03-20** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-03-20** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-03-31** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-04-02** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-02** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** In Messages
- **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-08** Chapter No. 2025-231

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe0e2309-d2fd-4306-b5cd-23579197105f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).