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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 723: Rural Counties

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 723 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Rural Counties. Primary sponsor: Shane Abbott (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Ways & Means Committee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2026-167).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Rural Counties; Provides exemption from sales & use tax for industrial machinery & equipment used by wholesalers in fiscally constrained counties; prohibits state from purchasing certain land in fiscally constrained county; requires DEP to provide certain explanation to fiscally constrained county; increases amount of annual appropriation to Small County Road Assistance Program; authorizes specified amount from State Transportation Trust Fund to be used to fund Small County Outreach Program; requires AHCA to determine which providers in hospitals located in rural areas are essential Medicaid providers; creates Rural District Graduate Placement Incentive Pilot program within DOE; subject to legislative appropriation, requires DOE to provide certain bonus to school district or charter school located in fiscally constrained county; provides for program requirements & expiration; requires SBE to adopt rules. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shane AbbottPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Ways & Means Committee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2026-167)
  2. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. Now in Ways & Means Committee
  4. Referred to Budget Committee
  5. Referred to Commerce Committee
  6. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  7. Referred to Ways & Means Committee
  8. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source