republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-703.md

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Florida HB 703 (2018) — Water Management District Surplus Lands

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-155.

Version chain

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

1. H 703 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 703 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 703 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Accountability Committee) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Burgess — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-15 Filed filing
• 2017-11-27 Referred to Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee referral-committee
• 2017-11-29 On Committee agenda-- Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 2:00 pm, 12 HOB
• 2017-12-06 Favorable by Natural Resources and Public Lands Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-12-06 Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-02 On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/06/18, 12:30 pm, Morris Hall
• 2018-02-06 Favorable by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Now in Government Accountability Committee
• 2018-02-09 On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/13/18, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
• 2018-02-13 CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-14 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-14 CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
• 2018-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-02-28 In Messages
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Received
• 2018-03-08 Withdrawn from Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-08 Substituted for CS/SB 806
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 1 passage
• 2018-03-09 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-04-06 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-09 Chapter No. 2018-155, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 705 (Ch. 2018-156)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e50f7e00-c3eb-4fcf-99dc-976322ab8480. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).