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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservation Lands"
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description: "Conservation Lands; Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Acquisition & Restoration Council or Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council or board of trustees meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 441"
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citation: "Florida HB 441 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use", "taxation and finance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-44"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kendall", "Tant"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-11-18"
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last_action: "2026-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5b0e336-f48d-41d0-be2b-b5ff36521064"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "1c5f15c54d64634ec0378399d49ad8e2c946f7f081999fddbd26f06990815e42"
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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 HB 441 (2026) — Conservation Lands
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Conservation Lands; Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Acquisition & Restoration Council or Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council or board of trustees meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-44.
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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. **H 441 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 441 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 441 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/441/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kendall — primary (person)
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- Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Tant — primary (person)
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- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
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- Black — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cross — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Tendrich — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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- Weinberger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-24** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-09** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-13** Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-13** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-01-14** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-16** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-26** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-28** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2026-01-30** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-03** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-03** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2026-02-03** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
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- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** In Messages
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-26** Substituted for CS/SB 546
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
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- **2026-02-26** In Messages
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- **2026-02-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-23** Chapter No. 2026-44
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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/f5b0e336-f48d-41d0-be2b-b5ff36521064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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