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type: "Bill"
title: "Palm Beach County"
description: "Palm Beach County; Provides that municipal service taxing unit whose primary purpose is to provide fire rescue & emergency medical services to residents in unincorporated areas of county remains service provider for specified length of time to real properties that are annexed into municipality; provides that geographical boundaries of municipal service taxing unit shall contract following annexation; prohibits Palm Beach County from levying ad valorem taxes through municipal service taxing unit on annexed real properties following annexation; requires annexing municipality to pay county annual service price for up to specified length of time; provides that county, through municipal service taxing unit, remains authority having jurisdiction & may continue to collect certain fees from annexed real properties; provides for transfer of services to annexing municipality & cessation of county jurisdiction to collect fees; provides circumstances under which such transfer & cessation may not occur; requires good faith discussions & negotiations between annexing municipality & county regarding transition of services & expenditure of assets for capital & operational purposes in areas proposed to be annexed; authorizes annexing municipality & county to enter into agreement on length of time for provision of county services, retention of county jurisdiction regarding fees, & annual service price payments; provides conflict resolution procedure in event annexing municipality & county do not enter interlocal agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4071"
citation: "Florida HB 4071 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snyder"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d703922c-9434-4dee-8116-acd9bb84b6e2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d0b3115a64cbc7554e5c2516354ddcd190e2ae24ebfdb8ef4cf9d509cf56b9ee"
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 4071 (2026) — Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County; Provides that municipal service taxing unit whose primary purpose is to provide fire rescue & emergency medical services to residents in unincorporated areas of county remains service provider for specified length of time to real properties that are annexed into municipality; provides that geographical boundaries of municipal service taxing unit shall contract following annexation; prohibits Palm Beach County from levying ad valorem taxes through municipal service taxing unit on annexed real properties following annexation; requires annexing municipality to pay county annual service price for up to specified length of time; provides that county, through municipal service taxing unit, remains authority having jurisdiction & may continue to collect certain fees from annexed real properties; provides for transfer of services to annexing municipality & cessation of county jurisdiction to collect fees; provides circumstances under which such transfer & cessation may not occur; requires good faith discussions & negotiations between annexing municipality & county regarding transition of services & expenditure of assets for capital & operational purposes in areas proposed to be annexed; authorizes annexing municipality & county to enter into agreement on length of time for provision of county services, retention of county jurisdiction regarding fees, & annual service price payments; provides conflict resolution procedure in event annexing municipality & county do not enter interlocal agreement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 4071 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4071 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4071 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 4071 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4071/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **260** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Snyder — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-28** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2026-01-29** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2026-02-02** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2026-02-02** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment 830687 adopted
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d703922c-9434-4dee-8116-acd9bb84b6e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).