Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H701: Water Management Districts
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to water management districts; amending s. 112.3261, F.S.; defining the term "expenditure"; 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; prohibiting certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; amending s. 373.0693, F.S.…
From the introduced text, December 9, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to water management districts; amending s. 112.3261, F.S.; defining the term "expenditure"; 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; prohibiting certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; amending s. 373.0693, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring legislative approval before the establishment of a subdistrict or basin in a certain water management district takes effect; amending s. 373.079, F.S.; requiring a quorum for the conduct of official business by the governing board of a water management district; providing requirements for a quorum; requiring an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing board before any action may be taken by the board; amending s. 373.470, F.S.; 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 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and the status of applicable performance indicators for words underlined are additions. hb701-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 701 2026 all project components; requiring that the project components be subdivided into specified categories based on the project's status; specifying requirements for performance indicators for certain projects or …
Sponsors
- Conerly, Bill (R, HD-072) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : Referred to State Affairs Committee
- : Referred to Ways & Means Committee
- : Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H701?
- H701 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Water Management Districts.
- What does H701 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to water management districts; amending s. 112.3261, F.S.; defining the term "expenditure"; 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; prohibiting certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; amending s. 373.0693, F.S.…
- What is the status of H701?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H701?
- Conerly, Bill (R, HD-072).
- Where is the official record for H701?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/701
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