---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Marco Island, Collier County"
description: "City of Marco Island, Collier County; Requires special election be held to fill any vacancy on city council upon resolution adopted by council; provides exception for vacancies occurring within 1 year before general election; revises circumstances under which Governor is required to fill vacancies; provides for Governor to call special election in certain circumstances; requires referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4003"
citation: "Florida HB 4003 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benarroch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-10-16"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e56823f7-0958-42b2-a8d9-edb742bcc45a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4003/ByCategory"
source_hash: "baa77321c1be448afd224d2ca0aff97f756e33bf6ac127dab5badf00e2c13e46"
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 4003 (2026) — City of Marco Island, Collier County

City of Marco Island, Collier County; Requires special election be held to fill any vacancy on city council upon resolution adopted by council; provides exception for vacancies occurring within 1 year before general election; revises circumstances under which Governor is required to fill vacancies; provides for Governor to call special election in certain circumstances; requires referendum.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4003 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4003/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4003 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4003/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4003 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4003/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-16** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-11-10** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-11-18** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-19** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-11-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-11-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-20** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-20** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-20** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-12-03** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-12-10** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-12-10** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-12-10** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-01-22** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-22** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-01-22** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** In Messages
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e56823f7-0958-42b2-a8d9-edb742bcc45a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).