--- type: "Bill" title: "Palm Beach County" description: "Palm Beach County; Provides that municipal service taxing unit whose primary purpose is to provide fire rescue & emergency medical services to residents in unincorporated areas of county remains service provider for specified length of time to real properties that are annexed into municipality; provides that geographical boundaries of municipal service taxing unit shall contract following annexation; prohibits Palm Beach County from levying ad valorem taxes through municipal service taxing unit on annexed real properties following annexation; requires annexing municipality to pay county annual service price for up to specified length of time; provides that county, through municipal service taxing unit, remains authority having jurisdiction & may continue to collect certain fees from annexed real properties; provides for transfer of services to annexing municipality & cessation of county jurisdiction to collect fees; provides circumstances under which such transfer & cessation may not occur; requires good faith discussions & negotiations between annexing municipality & county regarding transition of services & expenditure of assets for capital & operational purposes in areas proposed to be annexed; authorizes annexing municipality & county to enter into agreement on length of time for provision of county services, retention of county jurisdiction regarding fees, & annual service price payments; provides conflict resolution procedure in event annexing municipality & county do not enter interlocal agreement." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 4071" citation: "Florida HB 4071 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Snyder"] version_count: 4 action_count: 41 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2026-01-07" last_action: "2026-06-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d703922c-9434-4dee-8116-acd9bb84b6e2" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/ByCategory" source_hash: "d0b3115a64cbc7554e5c2516354ddcd190e2ae24ebfdb8ef4cf9d509cf56b9ee" 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 4071 (2026) — Palm Beach County Palm Beach County; Provides that municipal service taxing unit whose primary purpose is to provide fire rescue & emergency medical services to residents in unincorporated areas of county remains service provider for specified length of time to real properties that are annexed into municipality; provides that geographical boundaries of municipal service taxing unit shall contract following annexation; prohibits Palm Beach County from levying ad valorem taxes through municipal service taxing unit on annexed real properties following annexation; requires annexing municipality to pay county annual service price for up to specified length of time; provides that county, through municipal service taxing unit, remains authority having jurisdiction & may continue to collect certain fees from annexed real properties; provides for transfer of services to annexing municipality & cessation of county jurisdiction to collect fees; provides circumstances under which such transfer & cessation may not occur; requires good faith discussions & negotiations between annexing municipality & county regarding transition of services & expenditure of assets for capital & operational purposes in areas proposed to be annexed; authorizes annexing municipality & county to enter into agreement on length of time for provision of county services, retention of county jurisdiction regarding fees, & annual service price payments; provides conflict resolution procedure in event annexing municipality & county do not enter interlocal agreement. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 4071 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 4071 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 4071 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/e1/PDF) 4. **H 4071 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Snyder — primary (person) - State Affairs Committee — primary (organization) - Long — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-07** Filed `filing` - **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-01-26** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda - **2026-01-28** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-28** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2026-01-28** Now in Ways & Means Committee - **2026-01-29** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda - **2026-02-02** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-02** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee - **2026-02-02** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda - **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee - **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2026-02-11** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-02-11** 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** Amendment 830687 adopted - **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-02-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `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/d703922c-9434-4dee-8116-acd9bb84b6e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).