---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County"
description: "Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County; Increases maximum annual maintenance tax; limits annual assessment rate increases; requires referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 4047"
citation: "Florida HB 4047 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-240"
primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e89cbd1-787e-4821-a501-ccb46ded07c1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4047/ByCategory"
source_hash: "326ee27ca9b4fa884e9d0111cb5a6c3e3984e4332196611fb4a5ac4e46da8acb"
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 4047 (2025) — Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County

Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County; Increases maximum annual maintenance tax; limits annual assessment rate increases; requires referendum.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-240.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4047 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4047/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4047 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4047/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4047 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4047/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Overdorf — primary (person)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-28** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-01** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-04-04** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2025-04-08** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-04-08** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-04-17** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-17** 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 114, 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`
- **2025-07-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-08** Chapter No. 2025-240

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e89cbd1-787e-4821-a501-ccb46ded07c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).