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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protection of Ecological Systems"
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description: "Protection of Ecological Systems; Creating the \"Florida Wildlife Corridor Act\"; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to take certain actions to support the Florida wildlife corridor; requiring the St. Johns River Water Management District, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, Seminole County, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Department of Transportation, to issue a report that includes information and updates regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Little Wekiva Watershed Management Plan Final Report dated November 2005 by a specified date; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the water management district to review certain permits along the Little Wekiva River, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 976"
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citation: "Florida SB 976 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-181"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brodeur"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-01"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4583c44d-34cb-4d0a-865b-4476f7e5ed38"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/976/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "e8e9c92274f6c7b8542da9bb309dfa3cd586f2621b0115b415e62d2fdeb529ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 976 (2021) — Protection of Ecological Systems
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Protection of Ecological Systems; Creating the "Florida Wildlife Corridor Act"; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to take certain actions to support the Florida wildlife corridor; requiring the St. Johns River Water Management District, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, Seminole County, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Department of Transportation, to issue a report that includes information and updates regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Little Wekiva Watershed Management Plan Final Report dated November 2005 by a specified date; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the water management district to review certain permits along the Little Wekiva River, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-181.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 976 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/976/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 976 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/976/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 976 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/976/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 976 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/976/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brodeur — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-10** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/02/21, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-02** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-03** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-05** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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- **2021-03-10** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
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- **2021-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/24/21, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-24** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-25** Now in Appropriations
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- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-19** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
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- **2021-04-20** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
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- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
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- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-22** In Messages
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- **2021-04-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
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- **2021-04-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-04-27** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-06-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-181
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4583c44d-34cb-4d0a-865b-4476f7e5ed38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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