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| Bill | Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative | Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 724 | Florida SB 724 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-47 |
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4 | 33 | 5 | 2023-02-13 | 2023-05-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/2e0731bf-daa8-4dc2-bf4d-32d5a037d5ac | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/ByCategory | b9f65b3b2acd42fede471d0c336117fee23fdf197dc73461347a81ce70ba8456 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 724 (2023) — Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative
Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-47.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 724 Filed (filed) — source
- S 724 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 724 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 724 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 119–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 19–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Boyd — primary (person)
- Environment and Natural Resources — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-13 Filed
filing - 2023-02-23 Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
referral-committee - 2023-03-07 Introduced
introduction - 2023-03-09 On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
- 2023-03-14 CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- 2023-03-15 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-03-15 Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- 2023-03-15 CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- 2023-04-06 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/12/23, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- 2023-04-12 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- 2023-04-14 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-04-14 Now in Appropriations
- 2023-04-17 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- 2023-04-17 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- 2023-04-20 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-20 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-24 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23
- 2023-04-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-26 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-26 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- 2023-04-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-11 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-12 Chapter No. 2023-47
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e0731bf-daa8-4dc2-bf4d-32d5a037d5ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).