---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County"
description: "Lee County; Revises boundaries of Iona-McGregor Fire Protection & Rescue Service District; removes chapter laws relating to Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District; provides for merger of districts; provides for transition of governing body; transfers assets & liabilities of Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District to Iona-McGregor Fire Protection & Rescue Service District; requires referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4013"
citation: "Florida HB 4013 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Botana"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-05"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f74209-c8c7-4edd-a1e4-476ff95b7480"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4013/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0932c15461a3ce6ea31e3ac69a31b2bf6ed9b84c2fe3ecb0910c42efd56abc09"
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 4013 (2026) — Lee County

Lee County; Revises boundaries of Iona-McGregor Fire Protection & Rescue Service District; removes chapter laws relating to Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District; provides for merger of districts; provides for transition of governing body; transfers assets & liabilities of Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District to Iona-McGregor Fire Protection & Rescue Service District; requires referendum.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4013 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4013/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4013 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4013/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4013 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4013/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Botana — primary (person)
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-12** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-12-04** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-12-11** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-12-15** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-12-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-12-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-18** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-18** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-18** Now in Ways & Means 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 Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2026-01-22** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2026-01-22** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** 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`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 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/a6f74209-c8c7-4edd-a1e4-476ff95b7480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).