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FL HB 701

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Water Management Districts

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did FL HB 701 pass?

No. FL HB 701 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

What is FL HB 701 about?

Water Management Districts; Requires Commission on Ethics to investigate lobbyist or principal who has made prohibited expenditure & to provide Governor with report of its findings & recommendations regarding such investigation; prohibits certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; requires South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with DEP, to provide detailed report that includes total estimated remaining cost of implementation of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan & status of applicable performance indicators for all project components; requires South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to identify certain sources of funding; authorizes water management districts to levy certain ad valorem taxes on specified property for certain purposes; requires district governing board levying ad valorem taxes for certain projects to adopt resolution approved by majority vote of voting electors in district or basin; requires that water management district's tentative budget for its proposed operations & funding requirements include district's capital improvement plan for current year & next fiscal year; requires that certain projects submitted by water management districts to department for Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan be ranked on separate list; revises list of information that must be submitted by department for each project.

Who sponsors FL HB 701?

Conerly is the primary sponsor of FL HB 701.

Description

Water Management Districts; Requires Commission on Ethics to investigate lobbyist or principal who has made prohibited expenditure & to provide Governor with report of its findings & recommendations regarding such investigation; prohibits certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; requires South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with DEP, to provide detailed report that includes total estimated remaining cost of implementation of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan & status of applicable performance indicators for all project components; requires South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to identify certain sources of funding; authorizes water management districts to levy certain ad valorem taxes on specified property for certain purposes; requires district governing board levying ad valorem taxes for certain projects to adopt resolution approved by majority vote of voting electors in district or basin; requires that water management district's tentative budget for its proposed operations & funding requirements include district's capital improvement plan for current year & next fiscal year; requires that certain projects submitted by water management districts to department for Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan be ranked on separate list; revises list of information that must be submitted by department for each project.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Conerlyprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

    Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

    failure

  2. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  3. 2025-12-16

    Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

  4. 2025-12-16

    Referred to State Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-12-16

    Referred to Ways & Means Committee

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-12-16

    Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-12-09

    Filed

    filing

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