---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County"
description: "West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County ; Revises board member election procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 4061"
citation: "Florida HB 4061 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-246"
primary_sponsors: ["Nix"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd0820d-423b-47b8-af1b-34d3c09a1e90"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4061/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7b5eeca4fb15279d087c59b2e7ad9bdfbaf1fb8cc72e6733cbc9a59e2f97b043"
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 4061 (2025) — West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County

West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County ; Revises board member election procedures.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-246.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4061 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4061/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4061 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4061/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4061 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4061/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** 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 Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-24** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** 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 Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-03-28** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-01** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-04-01** 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 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** 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`
- **2025-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-08** Chapter No. 2025-246

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddd0820d-423b-47b8-af1b-34d3c09a1e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).