---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation Lands"
description: "Conservation Lands; Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Acquisition & Restoration Council or Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council or board of trustees meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 441"
citation: "Florida HB 441 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-44"
primary_sponsors: ["Kendall", "Tant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-18"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5b0e336-f48d-41d0-be2b-b5ff36521064"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1c5f15c54d64634ec0378399d49ad8e2c946f7f081999fddbd26f06990815e42"
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 441 (2026) — Conservation Lands

Conservation Lands; Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Acquisition & Restoration Council or Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council or board of trustees meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-44.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 441 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 441 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 441 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kendall — primary (person)
- Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Tendrich — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2026-01-09** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-13** Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2026-01-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-26** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-28** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-03** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26** Substituted for CS/SB 546
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-26** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23** Chapter No. 2026-44

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5b0e336-f48d-41d0-be2b-b5ff36521064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).