Florida House Bill 701

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Water Management Districts

Rep. William Conerly [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-12-16	House	Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
2025-12-16	House	Referred to State Affairs Committee
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Ways & Means Committee
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
2025-12-09	House	Filed

H593 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
S802 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S1120 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Messages
H1161 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Ways & Means Committee
S1636 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Environment and Natural Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	3261		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	0693		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	0697		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	079		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	470		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	501		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	503		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	535		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	536		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	6075		Amended Code	See Bill Text
380	093		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/701
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/701/BillText/Filed/PDF