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type: "Bill"
title: "Sunshine Drainage District, Broward County"
description: "Sunshine Drainage District, Broward County; Revises number of members of board of supervisors; provides for members of board of supervisors to be elected by qualified electors of district; provides for staggered terms; requires nonpartisan elections; provides requirements for candidates & election duties of the supervisor of elections; provides requirements for referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "Florida HB 1501 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-255"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/815374df-09d4-44b6-9f8f-1fafbf89cf1e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1501/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d8acea32e52da539c2cbab2267e2b6f4654a58a4ed3236815d8ff49d64fa5d39"
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 1501 (2021) — Sunshine Drainage District, Broward County
Sunshine Drainage District, Broward County; Revises number of members of board of supervisors; provides for members of board of supervisors to be elected by qualified electors of district; provides for staggered terms; requires nonpartisan elections; provides requirements for candidates & election duties of the supervisor of elections; provides requirements for referendum.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-255.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1501 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1501/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1501 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1501/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1501 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1501/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1501 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1501/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **240** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Public Integrity & Elections Committee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Public Integrity and Elections Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** PCS added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-04-07** Added to Public Integrity & Elections Committee agenda
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with CS by Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-04-12** Reported out of Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-12** CS Filed
- **2021-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-18** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-19** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-23** In Messages
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-23** Received
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Local Calendar, 04/29/21
- **2021-04-29** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-255
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/815374df-09d4-44b6-9f8f-1fafbf89cf1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).