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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Management District Surplus Lands"
description: "Water Management District Surplus Lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 703"
citation: "Florida HB 703 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["lands", "water management districts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-155"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-15"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e50f7e00-c3eb-4fcf-99dc-976322ab8480"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00703/ByCategory"
source_hash: "24ac4038734a87bd00bb164c0a3ba5ca756d2d514cdbb1aa44c420dec5ba7f8f"
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 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](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/703/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 703 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/703/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 703 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/703/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Accountability Committee) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **351** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee) — **130** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **120** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e50f7e00-c3eb-4fcf-99dc-976322ab8480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).