Naples Airport Authority Governance Reform
Summary
Florida Governor signed H4005 into law, fundamentally restructuring governance of the Naples Airport Authority. The bill replaces appointment-based membership with an elected structure, removes prohibitions on city officers/employees serving as authority members, and allows members to receive compensation. The changes affect a nine-member authority governing the Naples Airport in Collier County.
What changed
The legislation makes substantive changes to the City of Naples Airport Authority's governance framework. Key modifications include: (1) replacing the appointment system with an election-based membership structure; (2) removing prohibitions that prevented city officers and employees from serving as authority members; (3) eliminating the ban on authority members receiving compensation; and (4) establishing new requirements for elections, membership terms, qualifications, and vacancy procedures. The bill passed with near-unanimous legislative support (House 112-1, Senate 36-0) after committee review.
The Naples Airport Authority must now implement new election procedures and governance structures to comply with the revised framework. Authority officials should review and update governing documents, bylaws, and internal policies to align with the election-based membership model. The transition may require coordination with Collier County election officials to establish the new election requirements and qualification standards for candidates.
What to do next
- Review and update authority governance documents to reflect election-based membership structure
- Establish new election procedures and candidate qualification requirements
- Coordinate with Collier County election officials to implement authority member elections
Source document (simplified)
ChangeBridge / Florida / H4005 Signed by Governor H4005 H Signed by Governor 2026-03-11
City of Naples Airport Authority, Collier County
Removes provisions relating to City of Naples Airport Authority's members' duties & responsibilities; removes provisions that prohibit officers & employees of city from being authority members; removes provisions that prohibit authority members from receiving compensation; provides for authority memberships by election rather than by appointment; provides requirements for elections; provides authority membership terms & qualifications; provides interim services & vacancy fillings.
Bill Details
State Florida
Session 2026 Regular Session
Chamber House
Official Source www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4005
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Sponsors
Government Operations Subcommittee Adam Botana (Rep - R)
Action History
2026-03-31 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor 2026-03-11 H Ordered enrolled 2026-03-11 H In Messages 2026-03-11 S CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 2026-03-11 S Read 3rd time 2026-03-11 S Read 2nd time 2026-03-11 S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading 2026-03-11 S Withdrawn from Rules 2026-03-09 S Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26 2026-02-18 S Received 2026-02-12 S Referred to Rules 2026-02-12 S In Messages 2026-02-11 H CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 1 2026-02-11 H Read 3rd time 2026-02-11 H Added to Third Reading Calendar 2026-02-11 H Read 2nd time 2026-02-05 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026) 2026-01-27 H Added to Second Reading Calendar 2026-01-27 H Bill released to House Calendar 2026-01-27 H Reported out of State Affairs Committee 2026-01-27 H Favorable by State Affairs Committee 2026-01-23 H Added to State Affairs Committee agenda 2026-01-22 H 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) 2026-01-22 H Now in State Affairs Committee 2026-01-22 H Referred to State Affairs Committee 2026-01-21 H CS Filed 2026-01-21 H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) 2026-01-21 H Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-01-21 H Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-01-16 H Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda 2026-01-13 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 2026-01-09 H Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda 2025-12-02 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee 2025-12-02 H Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee 2025-12-02 H Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee 2025-11-24 H Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda 2025-11-04 H Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee 2025-11-04 H Referred to State Affairs Committee 2025-11-04 H Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee 2025-11-04 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee 2025-10-27 H Filed
Votes
2025-12-02 House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Yea: 15 Nay: 0 2026-01-21 House Government Operations Subcommittee Yea: 15 Nay: 0 2026-01-27 House State Affairs Committee Yea: 25 Nay: 0 2026-02-11 House: Third Reading RCS#486 Yea: 112 Nay: 1 2026-03-11 Senate: Third Reading RCS#63 Yea: 36 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2025-11-04 H Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee 2025-12-02 H Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-01-22 H State Affairs
Amendments
2026-01-20 House Committee Amendment #393579
Bill Text Versions
2025-10-27 Introduced 2026-01-21 Comm Sub 2026-03-11 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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