republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2022/hb-967.md

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Bill	Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification	Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification; Directs turfgrass science program at UF/IFAS, in coordination & cooperation with DEP, to administer certification for golf course best management practices & provide training & testing programs; provides exemption from certain local training & local ordinance regulations; provides for turfgrass science program to share information with governmental entities & create online registry.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2022	HB 967	Florida HB 967 (2022)	bill	public health	enacted	2022-202	Truenow	5	50	5	2021-12-17	2022-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/a8dcba62-6621-4268-828a-38b93d870078	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/967/ByCategory	28f192b49c618013dc8d6de340495191c6c71c73d927ee4dd829fe96dde47657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 967 (2022) — Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification

Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification; Directs turfgrass science program at UF/IFAS, in coordination & cooperation with DEP, to administer certification for golf course best management practices & provide training & testing programs; provides exemption from certain local training & local ordinance regulations; provides for turfgrass science program to share information with governmental entities & create online registry.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-202.

Version chain

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

1. H 967 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 967 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 967 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 967 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 967 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 112–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — 16–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
• Truenow — primary (person)
• Mooney — cosponsor (person)
• Rizo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-17 Filed filing
• 2022-01-07 Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-01-07 Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-01-07 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-07 Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
• 2022-01-11 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
• 2022-02-04 Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
• 2022-02-08 Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
• 2022-02-08 Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
• 2022-02-08 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2022-02-08 CS Filed
• 2022-02-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• 2022-02-10 Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2022-02-10 Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
• 2022-02-14 Favorable with CS by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2022-02-15 Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2022-02-15 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2022-02-15 CS Filed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2022-02-16 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• 2022-02-21 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2022-02-23 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
• 2022-02-24 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2022-02-24 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2022-02-24 CS Filed
• 2022-02-24 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2022-02-24 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
• 2022-02-24 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
• 2022-03-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2022-03-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2022-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 1 passage
• 2022-03-02 In Messages
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Received
• 2022-03-04 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2022-03-04 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1556
• 2022-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2022-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2022-03-04 In Messages
• 2022-03-04 Ordered enrolled
• 2022-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2022-06-20 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-21 Chapter No. 2022-202

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8dcba62-6621-4268-828a-38b93d870078. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).