republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/hb-273.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special District Funding"
description: "Special District Funding; Revising agency agreements that provide state financial assistance to recipients or subrecipients to include specified special districts as an entity to which such agency may provide for the payment of invoices under specified circumstances; providing construction; requiring state agencies to expedite payment requests from certain counties, municipalities, and special districts for a specified purpose, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Florida HB 273 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["planning and development"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-167"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-10-28"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f7a0eee-415f-451b-9892-ea7ba0774cf5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/273/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d83dd9a8690ff8cd3c184660755fe9ed6d51ed9cc8bb1f5f47ba59673c989ce8"
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 273 (2026) — Special District Funding

Special District Funding; Revising agency agreements that provide state financial assistance to recipients or subrecipients to include specified special districts as an entity to which such agency may provide for the payment of invoices under specified circumstances; providing construction; requiring state agencies to expedite payment requests from certain counties, municipalities, and special districts for a specified purpose, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-167.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 273 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/273/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 273 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/273/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 273 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/273/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 273 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/273/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **83–28** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-12** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-14** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-14** Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- **2026-01-16** Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-24** PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Amendment 285203 Failed
- **2026-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** In Messages
- **2026-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 214
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (625206)
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 625206 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-26** Chapter No. 2026-167

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f7a0eee-415f-451b-9892-ea7ba0774cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).