--- type: "Bill" title: "Collier County" description: "Collier County; Creates Corkscrew Grove Stewardship District; provides short title; provides legislative findings & intent; states legislative policy regarding creation of district; establishes compliance with minimum requirements for creation of independent special district; provides for creation & establishment of district; establishes legal boundaries of district; provides for jurisdiction & charter of district; provides for board of supervisors; provides for election, membership, terms, meetings, & duties of board members; provides method for transition of board from landowner control to control by resident electors of district; provides for district manager & district personnel; provides for district treasurer, selection of public depository, & district budgets & financial reports; provides general & special powers of district; provides for bonds; provides for borrowing; provides for future ad valorem taxation; provides for special assessments; provides for issuance of certificates of indebtedness; provides for tax liens; provides for competitive procurement; provides for fees & charges; provides for termination, contraction, expansion, or merger of district; provides for required notices to purchasers of residential units within district; specifies district public property; provides severability; provides for referendum." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 4041" citation: "Florida HB 4041 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["local bills"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-237" primary_sponsors: ["Melo"] version_count: 3 action_count: 44 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-02-24" last_action: "2025-07-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db1e9d54-4e3d-4007-9969-c790ddc814b1" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4041/ByCategory" source_hash: "cdd457d45f7f4f51ca6fda6bc6aab0dde62a4fc4fd9ee10399098ab9e3a0a7ac" 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 4041 (2025) — Collier County Collier County; Creates Corkscrew Grove Stewardship District; provides short title; provides legislative findings & intent; states legislative policy regarding creation of district; establishes compliance with minimum requirements for creation of independent special district; provides for creation & establishment of district; establishes legal boundaries of district; provides for jurisdiction & charter of district; provides for board of supervisors; provides for election, membership, terms, meetings, & duties of board members; provides method for transition of board from landowner control to control by resident electors of district; provides for district manager & district personnel; provides for district treasurer, selection of public depository, & district budgets & financial reports; provides general & special powers of district; provides for bonds; provides for borrowing; provides for future ad valorem taxation; provides for special assessments; provides for issuance of certificates of indebtedness; provides for tax liens; provides for competitive procurement; provides for fees & charges; provides for termination, contraction, expansion, or merger of district; provides for required notices to purchasers of residential units within district; specifies district public property; provides severability; provides for referendum. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-237. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 4041 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4041/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 4041 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4041/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 4041 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4041/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Local Bills — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Melo — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-24** Filed `filing` - **2025-03-02** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-02** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-02** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-02** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-17** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-24** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-26** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-27** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2025-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-03-27** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-28** Now in Ways & Means Committee - **2025-03-31** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda - **2025-04-02** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-02** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee - **2025-04-02** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2025-04-04** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda - **2025-04-08** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee - **2025-04-08** Bill released to House Calendar - **2025-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025) - **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-24** In Messages - **2025-04-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2025-04-24** 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. 2025-237 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db1e9d54-4e3d-4007-9969-c790ddc814b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).