Florida Senate Bill 724 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-12 - Chapter No. 2023-47
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc.

Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative

Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government	Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee	Sen. Jim Boyd [R]	Sen. Linda Stewart [D]
Sen. Ileana Garcia [R]	Sen. Bryan Avila [R]

2023-05-02 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#365 (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#26 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-20 - Senate - Senate Appropriations (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-12 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-14 - Senate - Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-12		Chapter No. 2023-47
2023-05-11		Approved by Governor
2023-05-09		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2023-05-02	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2023-05-02	House	CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0
2023-05-02	House	Read 3rd time
2023-05-01	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2023-05-01	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2023-05-01	House	Read 2nd time
2023-04-28	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2023-04-28	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
2023-04-28	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2023-04-26	House	In Messages
2023-04-26	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
2023-04-26	Senate	Read 3rd time
2023-04-26	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-04-24	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23
2023-04-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2023-04-20	Senate	Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
2023-04-17	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
2023-04-17	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
2023-04-14	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2023-04-14	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2023-04-12	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
2023-04-06	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/12/23, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
2023-03-15	Senate	CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
2023-03-15	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2023-03-15	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2023-03-14	Senate	CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2023-03-09	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-02-23	Senate	Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
2023-02-13	Senate	Filed

H1181 (Similar To) 2023-05-01 - Laid on table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 724 (Ch. 2023-47)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
403	93344		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Amendment/676206/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Analyses/2023s00724.pre.en.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Analyses/2023s00724.en.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Analyses/2023s00724.pre.aeg.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Analyses/2023s00724.aeg.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Analyses/2023s00724.pre.ap.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Analyses/2023s00724.ap.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Vote/2023-03-14%200830AM~S00724%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Vote/2023-04-12%201130AM~S00724%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Vote/2023-04-20%200930AM~S00724%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Vote/SenateVote_s00724c2026.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/724/Vote/HouseVote_s00724c2365.PDF