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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 986: Special Districts

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

SB 986 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Special Districts. Primary sponsor: Keith Truenow (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Community Affairs.

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.

Special Districts; Abolishing certain soil and water conservation districts in this state; transferring the assets and liabilities of such districts to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; prohibiting municipalities from assuming certain services in annexed areas; providing that an independent special district is not responsible for injury to persons or property caused by an act or omission of such person upon such lands or water areas; deleting provisions subjecting certain powers of a soil and water conservation district to another district’s approval, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith TruenowPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate13

“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 Community Affairs
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  5. Filed

Sources

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