---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Finances"
description: "Local Government Finances ; Revises the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requires the county to hold a budget workshop for a specified purpose by a certain date; requires the county to post a certain budget reduction exercise or link on its website; requires counties to publish budget development calendars, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1329"
citation: "Florida HB 1329 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["planning and development"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-161"
primary_sponsors: ["Benarroch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdaeffb2-c411-42fa-b78a-63db56f443ab"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c8e5465baa2cf6ac08292d713a47f9616daf556ef85456fe152bebdc03dc516f"
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 1329 (2026) — Local Government Finances

Local Government Finances ; Revises the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requires the county to hold a budget workshop for a specified purpose by a certain date; requires the county to post a certain budget reduction exercise or link on its website; requires counties to publish budget development calendars, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-161.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1329 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1329 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1329 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1329 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1329 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1329 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1329/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Administration Budget Subcommittee) — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **17–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **87–19** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **82–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benarroch — primary (person)
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Kendall — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-02-03** PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-05** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-02-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-06** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-12** Favorable by State Administration Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-24** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Amendment 863021 adopted
- **2026-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** In Messages
- **2026-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1566
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (399106)
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 399106 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 87, NAYS 19 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter No. 2026-161

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdaeffb2-c411-42fa-b78a-63db56f443ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).