CS/SB 7002: Water Management Districts

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations, Environment and Natural Resources

Water Management Districts; Requiring the Commission on Ethics to investigate a lobbyist or principal who has made a prohibited expenditure and to provide the Governor with a report of its findings and recommendations regarding such investigation; requiring the South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, to provide a detailed report that includes the total estimated remaining cost of implementation of the Everglades restoration comprehensive plan and the status of all performance indicators; authorizing the districts to levy certain ad valorem taxes on specified property for certain purposes, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/9/2025 02:30 PM

• Senate Committee References (2)

  1. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  2. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1169 (c3) by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee Water Management Districts Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 7002	Similar
  H 1445 (er) by State Affairs Committee Public Officers and Employees Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare

• Floor Amendments (2)

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  305539 - Strike All Amendment by Conerly
  Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
  Filed: 4/29/2025 10:01 PM
  Last Action: 4/30/2025 House: Superseded by Substitute
  

  201577 - Substitute Amendment by Conerly
  Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: (Parent amendment: 305539)
  Filed: 4/30/2025 8:43 AM
  Last Action: 5/1/2025 Senate: Refused to Concur
  

• Analyses (1)

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  • House Message Summary   4/30/2025

• Floor Votes (1)

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  Date	Chamber	Result
  4/30/2025 5:07 PM	House	92 Yeas - 20 Nays

• Citations - Statute (15)

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  112.3261	Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting.	Page 6 [pdf]
  373.026	General powers and duties of the department.	Page 6 [pdf]
  373.0693	Basins; basin boards.	Page 8 [pdf]
  373.0697	Basin taxes.	Page 31 [pdf]
  373.079	Members of governing board; oath of office; staff.	Page 9 [pdf]
  373.1501	South Florida Water Management District as local sponsor.	Page 10 [pdf]
  373.470	Everglades restoration.	Page 11 [pdf]
  373.501	Appropriation of funds to water management districts.	Page 13 [pdf]
  373.503	Manner of taxation.	Page 13 [pdf]
  373.535	Preliminary district budgets.	Page 15 [pdf]
  373.536	District budget and hearing thereon.	Page 19 [pdf]
  373.6075	Purchases from contracts of other entities.	Page 23 [pdf]
  380.093	Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan; regional resilience entities.	Page 24 [pdf]
  380.0935	Resilient Florida Trust Fund.	Page 30 [pdf]
  380.095	Dedicated funding for conservation lands, resiliency, and clean water infrastructure.	Page 30 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/10/2025	S	• Submitted for consideration by Environment and Natural Resources • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/18/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  2/18/2025	S	• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  2/19/2025	S	• Filed
  2/20/2025	S	• Referred to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
  2/28/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/05/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  3/4/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/5/2025	S	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  3/6/2025	S	• Now in Appropriations
  3/28/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  3/31/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
  4/2/2025	S	• CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
  4/4/2025	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  4/8/2025	S	• CS by Appropriations read 1st time
  4/9/2025	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 370 • Amendment(s) adopted (205560, 712752) -SJ 371 • Read 3rd time -SJ 373 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 373 • Immediately certified -SJ 392
  4/9/2025	H	• In Messages
  4/29/2025	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) • 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
  4/30/2025	H	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 201577 adopted • Amendment 305539 superseded by substitute • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 20
  4/30/2025	S	• In returning messages
  5/1/2025	S	• Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (201577) -SJ 1082 • Requested House to recede -SJ 1082
  5/1/2025	H	• In Messages
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration