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type: "Bill"
title: "Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County"
description: "Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County; Provides exception to general law; prohibits sale & use of fireworks located within Equestrian Preserve of Village of Wellington except under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 979"
citation: "Florida HB 979 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-248"
primary_sponsors: ["Willhite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94dd6def-fd55-4624-8ca2-6ec586e91a3e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/979/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c4e5b17320e7c78ee6971510cf60dfe63a2dec403c20967981b4a6b98a3a31f4"
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 979 (2021) — Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County
Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County; Provides exception to general law; prohibits sale & use of fireworks located within Equestrian Preserve of Village of Wellington except under specified circumstances.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-248.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 979 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/979/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 979 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/979/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **230** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **150** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **161** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1153** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Willhite — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-09** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-11** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-11** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-03-29** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** 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** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-248
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94dd6def-fd55-4624-8ca2-6ec586e91a3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).