APA Florida Bill Tracking Report February 21 2025
Ordered by Bill Number
HB 0011
Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates by Robinson (F)
Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates: Requires municipality to charge consumers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its own municipal boundaries. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
12/06/2024 HOUSE Filed
01/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
01/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
HB 0039 Tax Exemption for Disabled Ex-servicemembers by Daley
Tax Exemption for Disabled Ex-servicemembers: Increases value of tax exemption for certain disabled ex-servicemembers. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
12/09/2024 HOUSE Filed
01/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
01/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
SB 0050
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience by García
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience; Requiring the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science to develop design guidelines and standards for green and gray infrastructure and models for conceptual designs of green infrastructure and green-gray infrastructure; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules for nature-based methods for coastal resilience; requiring the department, in consultation with the Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services of the Department of Financial Services, to conduct a statewide feasibility study regarding the value of nature-based methods being used for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/03/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Environment and Natural Resources, 02/11/25, 11:00 am, 110 S
02/11/2025 SENATE Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/12/2025 SENATE Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
SB 0062 Resilient Buildings by Rodriguez
Resilient Buildings; Defining the term “resilient building”; specifying that owners of resilient buildings are eligible to receive a specified tax credit; requiring building owners to file a specified application with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation by a specified date in order to claim such tax credit; creating the Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council adjunct to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/11/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/12/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/13/2025 SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
HB 0069 Regulation of Presidential Libraries by Andrade
Regulation of Presidential Libraries: Preempts to state regulatory authority over establishment, maintenance, activities, & operations of presidential libraries; defers regulatory authority to Federal Government; defines "presidential library"; prohibits political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure regarding presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions
12/20/2024 HOUSE Filed
01/15/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
01/15/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
SB 0080 State Land Management by Harrell
State Land Management; Citing this act as the “State Park Preservation Act”; requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed and updated with input from an advisory group, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/11/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/12/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/13/2025 SENATE Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
SB 0084 Housing for Legally Verified Agricultural Workers by Collins
Housing for Legally Verified Agricultural Workers; Defining the terms “housing site” and “legally verified agricultural worker”; prohibiting governmental entities from adopting or enforcing any legislation that inhibits the construction of housing for legally verified agricultural workers on agricultural land operated as a bona fide farm; specifying applicability of permit allocation systems in certain areas of critical state concern, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
12/05/2024 SENATE Filed
01/15/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Agriculture; Rules
HB 0085 Hazardous Walking Conditions by Kendall
Hazardous Walking Conditions: Revises what is considered hazardous walking condition to include certain walkways along state highways, freeways, or expressways Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/03/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/15/2025 HOUSE Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee; Education & Employment Committee
01/15/2025 HOUSE Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
HB 0089 Food Insecure Areas by Rayner
Food Insecure Areas: Authorizes local government to enact land development regulations to permit land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area; authorizes local government to include in its comprehensive plan provision permitting land use for small-footprint grocery store located
in food insecure area; authorizes local government to require mandatory reporting of certain information from small-footprint grocery store. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/03/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/15/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
01/15/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
SB 0110 Rural Communities by Simon
Rural Communities; Requiring the state land planning agency to give preference for technical assistance funding to local governments located in a rural area of opportunity; authorizing eligible counties to receive a distribution of sales and use tax revenue; creating the Office of Rural Prosperity within the Department of Commerce; creating the Public Infrastructure Smart Technology Grant Program within the Office of Rural Prosperity; requiring, rather than authorizing, that certain funds received from the State Transportation Trust Fund be used for the Small County Road Assistance Program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/19/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy
SB 0118 Regulation of Presidential Libraries by Brodeur
Regulation of Presidential Libraries; Preempting to the state all regulatory authority over the establishment, maintenance, activities, and operations of presidential libraries; defining the term “presidential library”; prohibiting counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure regarding presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions
02/10/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/18/25, 11:00 am, 37 S
02/18/2025 SENATE Favorable by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/18/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
HB 0123
Education by Andrade
Education: Revises provisions relating to conversion charter schools; authorizes municipality to apply for job engine charter under certain conditions; provides requirements for such schools; requires school board to submit 5-year plan to DOE before occupying purchased or acquired real property; provides requirements for school district real property. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/08/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/15/2025 HOUSE Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee; PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee; Education & Employment Committee
01/15/2025 HOUSE Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
SB 0140
Education by Gaetz
Education; Revising which persons or entities may apply for a conversion charter school; authorizing a municipality to apply for a job engine charter under certain conditions; requiring a school board to submit a 5-year plan to the Department of Education before occupying purchased or acquired real property; prohibiting a school board from purchasing or acquiring real property if enrollment in the school district has declined in the preceding 5-year period, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/03/2025 SENATE Filed
01/15/2025 SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 0143 Resilient Buildings by Barnaby
Resilient Buildings: Authorizes owner of resilient buildings to receive a specified tax credit; provides specifications for tax credit application, value, requirements, use, & transfer; creates Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council; provides duties, membership, & meeting requirements for such council. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/22/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
01/22/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
SB 0144 Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex by Polsky
Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex; Repealing provisions relating to marriage between persons of the same sex; deleting a prohibition on the recognition of same-sex marriages; deleting a prohibition on the state and its agencies and subdivisions giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that respects a same-sex marriage or relationship or a claim arising from such marriage or relationship, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/07/2025 SENATE Filed
01/24/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
SB 0184 Affordable Housing by Gaetz
Affordable Housing; Requiring, rather than authorizing, a local government to adopt an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; authorizing a local government to provide a density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in the provision of affordable housing for military families; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to evaluate the efficacy of using mezzanine finance and the potential of tiny homes for specified purposes, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/10/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/18/25, 11:00 am, 37 S
02/18/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/20/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
HB 0189 Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan by Hart
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan: Authorizes certain private businesses to participate in program to annually report amount of materials they recycle, using specified form; requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan by specified date, based on certain department recommendations; specifies minimum requirements for comprehensive plan; requires department to publish report. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/22/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Budget Committee; State Affairs Committee
01/22/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
02/17/2025 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
SB 0192 Revenue Administration by Gruters
Revenue Administration; Replacing the term “tax assessor” with the term “property appraiser”; revising the definitions of the terms “ad valorem tax” and “assessed value of property”; prohibiting the levy of non-ad valorem assessments on agricultural lands under certain circumstances; specifying that non-ad
valorem assessments may become delinquent and bear penalties in the same manner as county taxes; authorizing non-ad valorem assessments to be levied to pay certain bonds issued, etc. Effective Date: 7 /1/2025
Actions
01/10/2025 SENATE Filed
01/24/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 0198 Equal Rights for Men and Women by Berman
Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifying the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women, etc.
Actions
01/13/2025 SENATE Filed
01/24/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Ethics and Elections; Rules
SB 0200 Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan by Berman
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for this state by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; requiring the department to create and convene a technical assistance group for a specified purpose; requiring the department to submit a report to the Legislature upon completion of the comprehensive plan, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/03/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Environment and Natural Resources, 02/11/25, 11:00 am, 110 S
02/11/2025 SENATE Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/12/2025 SENATE Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
SB 0202 Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates by Jones
Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates; Requiring a municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality the same rates, fees, and charges as it charges consumers within its municipal boundaries under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/13/2025 SENATE Filed
01/29/2025 SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 0203 Transportation Concurrency by Grow
Transportation Concurrency: Revises facilities required to be identified in capital improvements element of comprehensive plan that imposes transportation concurrency. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/16/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/22/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
01/22/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 0209
State Land Management by Snyder
State Land Management: Requires public hearings for, & public availability of, certain land management plans; revises duties & powers of DEP Division of State Lands relating to management of state lands; authorizes installation & operation of camping cabins in state parks; prohibits certain uses & activities in state parks; requires that certain land management plans be developed with input from advisory group; requires DEP to submit report to Governor & Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/16/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/22/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
01/22/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
HB 0211 Farm Products by Cobb
Farm Products: Provides that collection, storage, processing, & distribution of farm product is activity of bona fide farm operation which governmental entity may not prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/17/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/30/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
01/30/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 0217 Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans by Mayfield
Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans : Authorizes surviving spouses of veterans who predecease issuance of certain letter from Federal Government to produce letter before property appraiser. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/24/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
HB 0247 Affordable Housing by Conerly
Affordable Housing: Requires, rather than authorizes, local government to adopt ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; prohibits such ordinance from increasing parking requirements; requires Florida Housing Finance Corporation to establish model program that uses mezzanine finance for certain purpose; requires corporation to consult with specified entity; authorizes local government to provide density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in provision of affordable housing for military families. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/24/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 0275 Annexing State-owned Lands by Albert
Annexing State-owned Lands: Requires municipality proposing to annex state-owned lands to notify county legislative delegation at certain time. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HB 0281 Local Government Code Enforcement by Partington
SB 0284
Local Government Code Enforcement: Authorizes county or municipality to designate special magistrate; authorizes local governmental entity to assess administrative fees through adoption of alternate code enforcement system; revises circumstances in which enforcement board must declare enforcement board member's office vacant; revises code violation notice, correction period, & hearing process; revises method by which certain notices must be provided to alleged code violator; requires governmental entity that permits its code inspectors to wear body cameras to establish certain policies & procedures; requires such governmental entity to ensure that certain training occurs, retain certain data in accordance with public records laws, & perform periodic review of actual body camera practices; increases criminal penalties for certain crimes committed against code inspector in certain circumstances. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; State Affairs Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Recreational Customary Use of Beaches by Rouson
Recreational Customary Use of Beaches; Repealing a provision relating to the establishment of recreational customary use of beaches, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions
01/16/2025 SENATE Filed
01/29/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 0287
HB 0295
Building and Plumbing Permits for the Use of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems by Conerly
Building and Plumbing Permits for the Use of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Revises conditions under which municipalities & political subdivisions are prohibited from issuing certain building & plumbing permits for use of onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan by Casello
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan: Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
01/29/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
SB 0298
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged by Wright
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged; Revising an eligibility requirement for Florida limited partnerships applying for such exemption, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2026
Actions
01/17/2025 SENATE Filed
01/29/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 0310 Historic Cemeteries Program by Sharief
Historic Cemeteries Program; Requiring local governments to approve applications from historic AfricanAmerican cemeteries to change the land use category and zoning district of excess vacant land if the cemetery sells or enters into a contract to sell such land in order to provide for the cemetery’s long-term maintenance and upkeep, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/17/2025 SENATE Filed
02/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
SB 0318 Ad ValoremTax Exemption by Truenow
Ad ValoremTax Exemption; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to exempt certain tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation, etc.
Actions
02/10/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Agriculture, 02/18/25, 11:00 am, 301 S
02/18/2025 SENATE Favorable by Agriculture; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/18/2025 SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
HB 0321 Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged by Smith (D)
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged: Revises eligibility requirement for Florida limited partnerships applying for certain ad valorem tax exemption. Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Actions
02/06/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 02/07/25, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
SB 0326 Homestead Property by Rodriguez
Homestead Property; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to prohibit the assessed value of the homestead property of certain low-income seniors from exceeding a certain amount, to provide that the assessed value may be changed only under certain circumstances, and to provide an effective date, etc.
Actions
01/27/2025 SENATE Filed
02/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
HB 0357 Property Tax Exemptions by Chamberlin
Property Tax Exemptions: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to create $100,000 exemption from assessed value of real property for all levies. Effective Date: Not Specified
Actions
02/12/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 02/14/25, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
HB 0359
Property Tax Exemptions by Chamberlin
Property Tax Exemptions: Creates certain exemption from all taxation for real property; Effective Date: on the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by HJR 357 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specified intent and purpose
Actions
02/12/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 02/14/25, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
HB 0363 Community Redevelopment Plans by Aristide
Community Redevelopment Plans: Authorizes community redevelopment agency to use specified percentage of tax increment financing funds for certain business support services in carrying out approved community redevelopment plans. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/04/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HB 0371 Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience by Mooney, Jr.
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience: Requires Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research & Innovation at University of South Florida College of Marine Science to develop design guidelines, standards, & specified models for green & gray infrastructure; requires DEP to adopt specified rules, conduct specified feasibility study in consultation with DFS, & submit report to Governor & Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/04/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025
HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
SB 0374 Farm Products by Truenow
Farm Products; Revising the definition of the term “farm product”; providing that the collection, storage, processing, and distribution of a farm product is an activity of a bona fide farm operation which a governmental entity may not prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/27/2025 SENATE Filed
02/10/2025 SENATE Referred to Agriculture; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 0381
Issuance of Address and Individual Parcel Identification Numbers by Holcomb
Issuance of Address and Individual Parcel Identification Numbers: Requires appropriate governing body to issue within specified time after recording of plat certain information; provides penalty. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/04/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025
HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
SB 0384 Annexing State-owned Lands by Burton
Annexing State-owned Lands; Requiring a municipality proposing to annex state-owned lands to notify the county legislative delegation at a certain time, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/28/2025 SENATE Filed
02/10/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules
SB 0388 Trust Funds for Wildlife Management by Rodriguez
Trust Funds for Wildlife Management; Authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to invest and reinvest the funds and the interest thereof of the Administrative Trust Fund; revising the purposes for which the commission may spend money from the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund; deleting the requirement that the commission designate an identifiable unit to administer the Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
01/28/2025 SENATE Filed
02/10/2025 SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
HB 0393 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by Lopez (V)
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program: Revises definition of "condominium"; limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain condominiums; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which grant may be used. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/04/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Budget Committee; Commerce Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 0401
Residential Land Use Development Regulations by Jacques
Residential Land Use Development Regulations: Authorizes counties & municipalities, respectively, to zone or designate parcel for single-family residential use or single-family hybrid housing use; authorizes counties & municipalities, respectively, to allow use of land for single-family residential use, while prohibiting use of land for single-family hybrid housing use; provides for adoption of local land development regulations. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/05/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 0409
Adaptive Reuse of Land by Caruso
Adaptive Reuse of Land: Authorizes board of county commissioners & municipal governing body, respectively, to adopt ordinance for transitional housing; establishes eligibility & ordinance requirements; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide technical assistance to counties & municipalities; creates Adaptive Reuse Public-Private Partnership Council to facilitate & oversee development of adaptive reuse projects; requires council to monitor & perform project
HB 0411
evaluations on regular basis; prohibits members of council from receiving compensation; authorizes reimbursement for travel expenses for certain members; requires council to report specified information to Governor & Legislature by specified date each year. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/05/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Affordable Property Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Leased Land by Chaney
Affordable Property Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Leased Land: Authorizes certain leased land to qualify for specified ad valorem tax exemption; provides effective date. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/12/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 02/14/25, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
HB 0443 Charter Schools by Snyder
Charter Schools: Revises provisions relating to charter schools, charter school sponsors, DOE duties, & disposal of school district real property. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/06/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025 HOUSE Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee; PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee; Education & Employment Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
SB 0452 Restrictions on Redevelopment by Sharief
Restrictions on Redevelopment; Authorizing property located on a barrier island which allows for residential development on or after a specified date to be developed or redeveloped for residential use at the highest density allowed on or after that specified date, regardless of any land use, zoning, or policies to the contrary, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/04/2025 SENATE Filed
02/10/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules
SB 0462 Department of Transportation by DiCeglie
Department of Transportation; Requiring the Department of Revenue to distribute certain amounts monthly to the State Transportation Trust Fund beginning on a certain date; authorizing the department to acquire property or property rights in advance to preserve a corridor for future proposed improvements; authorizing the department to waive contractor certification requirements for certain projects; limiting the period in which a suit by or against the department may be commenced for a claim related to a written warranty or defect for a contract entered into on or after a certain date; authorizing the department to reimburse a certain percentage of costs for relocation of certain utility facilities, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/03/2025 SENATE Filed
02/10/2025 SENATE Referred to Transportation; Regulated Industries; Fiscal Policy
SB 0482
Local Government by DiCeglie
Local Government; Prohibiting a county from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing a development permit or development order; prohibiting a municipality from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing a development permit or development order, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/04/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025
SB 0488
SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
Affordable Property Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Leased Land by DiCeglie
Affordable Property Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Leased Land; Authorizing certain leased land to qualify for a specified ad valorem tax exemption, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/04/2025 SENATE Filed
02/12/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 02/14/25, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 0492 Mitigation Banking by McClain
Mitigation Banking; Revising the schedule to which the Department of Environmental Protection and water management districts are required to adhere for the release of credits awarded by a mitigation bank permit; prohibiting the release of mitigation credits for freshwater wetland creation until certain criteria are met; authorizing certain projects or activities to use credits released from a bank to offset impacts if certain requirements are met, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/05/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy HB 0503
Local Business Taxes : Revises provisions related to local business taxes including conditions imposed on taxing authorities governing levies, modification of ordinances, reclassification of businesses, prohibitions on revenues over a specified value, and audits. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/10/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/19/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/19/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
SB 0504
Department of Transportation Construction Projects by Gruters
Department of Transportation Construction Projects; Revising the percentage of the contracted amount for certain construction projects which the Department of Transportation is required to allocate for the purchase of plant materials, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/05/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025
SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
SB 0530 Assessments Levied on Recreational Vehicle Parks by Burgess
Assessments Levied on Recreational Vehicle Parks; Providing that a non-ad valorem special assessment on a recreational vehicle park levied by a county, municipality, or special district, respectively, may not be levied against a certain portion of a recreational vehicle parking space or campsite; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, to consider a recreational vehicle park’s occupancy rates for a certain purpose, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions
02/06/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 0556 Resale-restricted Affordable Housing by Wright
Resale-restricted Affordable Housing; Requiring owners of resale-restricted affordable housing to submit a specified application to the property appraiser; requiring that resale-restricted affordable housing be assessed under a specified law; specifying that resale-restricted affordable housing is a landuse regulation and subject to a certain limitation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/07/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
HB 0567 Transportation by McFarland
Transportation: Requires DOR to make monthly distributions from certain tax proceeds to State Transportation Trust Fund; provides for future repeal; requires counties to provide DOT with certain project data; requires DHSMV to issue expectant mother parking permits; revises conditions under which DOT may acquire property through eminent domain; revises membership of Center for Urban Transportation Research advisory board; provides requirements for certain project concept studies & project development & environmental studies; provides & revises requirements relating to competitive bidding, underground utility location, & M.P.O.'s; removes provisions relating to Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council; requires DOT to prioritize certain Strategic Intermodal System highway corridor projects; authorizes DOT to expend certain funds for grants for purchase of certain equipment; provides legislative findings regarding widening of certain roadway; requires DOT to submit reports to Governor & Legislature; requires airport authorities to prepare & adopt airport master plan; establishes airport pilot program at Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/12/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/19/2025 HOUSE Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/19/2025 HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
HB 0579 Development Permits and Orders by Overdorf
Development Permits and Orders: Requires counties & municipalities, respectively, to meet specified requirements regarding minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; revises timeframes for processing applications for approvals of development permits or development orders; prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from limiting number of quasi-judicial or public hearings held each month; provides refund parameters in situations where county or municipality, respectively, fails to meet certain timeframes. Effective Date: October 1, 2025
Actions
02/12/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/19/2025
HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/19/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
SB 0582 Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures by Leek
special magistrate to impose a fine that exceeds certain limits for the unlawful demolition of certain historical buildings or structures under certain circumstances; providing that such fine may not exceed a certain percentage of just market valuation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/10/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
HB 0589 Improvements to Structures on Agricultural Lands by Brackett
Improvements to Structures on Agricultural Lands: Prohibits improvements to certain structures from increasing specified assessed values. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/19/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/19/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
SB 0592 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by Leek
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limiting participation in the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain condominiums; revising the approval requirements to receive a mitigation grant; deleting the amount of grant funding designated for certain projects, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/10/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Banking and Insurance; Regulated Industries; Fiscal Policy
HB 0617
Local Government Approval of Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions by López (J)
Local Government Approval of Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions: Expands property tax exemption on certain multifamily projects; provides requirements to receive such exemption; authorizes local governments to approve certain properties for such exemption; provides requirements for local governing body. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0621 State Renewable Energy Goals by Eskamani
State Renewable Energy Goals: Prohibits drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products & permitting & construction of certain related structures; requires statewide renewable energy electricity & carbon emission reductions by specified dates; directs Office of Energy within DACS to develop unified statewide plan & submit plan to Governor & Legislature; creates Renewable Energy Advisory Committee; directs Commissioner of Agriculture to submit annual report to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0634 Land Use and Zoning by Martin
Land Use and Zoning; Providing applicability of provisions related to protection of private property rights; authorizing a local government to provide for certain residential land uses in its comprehensive plan and land development regulations; authorizing a local government to prohibit single-family hybrid use while allowing single-family owner use within a land use category, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/11/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
SB 0650 Hazardous Walking Conditions by Leek
Hazardous Walking Conditions; Revising the criteria that determine a hazardous walking condition for public school students, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/12/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
HB 0651 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by Tuck
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Revises and provides provisions related to powers, duties, & functions of DACS. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/14/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0661 One-Water Approach Toward the State's Water Supply by Albert
One-Water Approach Toward the State's Water Supply: Expresses support for one-water approach toward this state's water supply, managing all water, whether from tap, stream, storm, aquifer, or sewer, in collaborative, integrated, inclusive, & holistic manner to support future growth of this state's water supply & avoid any projected shortages. Effective Date: Not Specified
Actions
02/17/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0665 Local Government Impact Fees and Development Permits an Orders by Steele
Local Government Impact Fees and Development Permits an Orders: Prohibits county from requiring applicant to take certain actions as condition of processing development permit or development order; defines "extraordinary circumstances"; requires that demonstrated-need study include certain information; prohibits municipality from requiring applicant to take certain actions as condition of processing development permit or development order. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/17/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0679 Term Limits for Members of County Commissions and District School Boards by Salzman
Term Limits for Members of County Commissions and District School Boards: Proposes amendment to the Constitution to provide term limits for members of boards of county commissioners and district school boards.
Actions
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0683 Construction Regulations by Griffitts Jr.
Construction Regulations: Prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any ordinances or policy to prohibit property owners from installing synthetic turf on their land, or single-family residential areas; provides procedures to be used by local governmental entity when receiving price quote from contractor pursuant to change order; provides penalties for failure to follow procedures; provides applicability; prohibits state or political subdivision from taking specified actions against certain bidders for construction work; prohibits local enforcement agencies from requiring certain documents between permit applicant & owner of property before issuing building permit or accepting permit application. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0685
Conversion of Hotels into Residential Housing by Alvarez (J)
Conversion of Hotels into Residential Housing: Creates Hotel-to-home Tax Credit Program for certain purpose; authorizes tax credit for certain projects; authorizes FHFC to allocate credits; providing program requirements & procedures. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0691 Spring Restoration by Conerly
Spring Restoration: Authorizes certain domestic wastewater treatment facilities to request incorporation of reclaimed water projects identified in Outstanding Florida Springs recovery or prevention strategies; requires DEP to approve such requests if certain conditions are met. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
HB 0695 Private Provider Building Inspection Services by Gentry
Private Provider Building Inspection Services: Revises membership of Florida Building Code Administrators & Inspectors Board & Florida Building Commission; revises provisions relating to building code inspection services provided by private provider & private provider firms, including agreement requirements, permit fees, administrative fees, responsibilities of private providers, permitting & inspection documents & reports, timeframes for issuing permits, authority of local building official, notices of incomplete forms, duly authorized representatives, authority of private providers acting as local building official, emergency inspection services, creation of certain forms, systems of registration, audits, immunity, civil causes of action, posting of permits on specified websites, & adoption of a uniformed permitting system. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0700 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by Truenow
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing that certain positions in the department are exempt from the Career Service System; prohibiting a person from knowingly or willfully performing certain actions on lands classified as agricultural; requiring that certain lands owned by an electric utility be offered for sale for less than fee simple acquisition of development rights by this state before certain circumstances; requiring local governmental entities to issue permits for electric vehicle charging stations based on specified standards and provisions of law, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/13/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 0701 Local Housing Assistance Plans by Stark
Local Housing Assistance Plans: Revises list of persons with special housing needs for purposes of certain program to include persons who own mobile homes placed in mobile home parks; including lot rental assistance in strategies for provision of affordable housing for which local housing assistance plan may allocate funds; requires each county & eligible municipality to include in its local housing assistance plan provision of funds to certain persons for specified purpose; requires that certain funds reserved for home ownership be used to provide lot rental assistance to certain eligible persons; authorizes counties & eligible municipalities to use certain funds for construction, rehabilitation, or emergency repair of certain mobile homes; prohibits county or eligible municipality from distinguishing or discriminating between types of housing when awarding certain funds. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0712 Construction Regulations by Grall
Construction Regulations; Prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing any ordinance,
resolution, order, rule, or policy that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, property owners from installing synthetic turf on their land; requiring local governmental entities to approve or deny certain price quotes and provide notice to contractors within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the state or political subdivisions that contract for public works projects from penalizing or rewarding bidders for performing larger or smaller volumes of construction work, respectively, for the state or political subdivisions, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/13/2025 SENATE Filed
SB 0736 Brownfields by Truenow
Brownfields; Deleting a provision requiring certain property owners to provide information regarding institutional controls to the local government for mapping purposes; revising the conditions under which an applicant that has rehabilitated a contaminated site may submit and claim certain tax credits; deleting the definition of the term “monetary compensation”; revising the date by which the Department of Environmental Protection must issue annual site rehabilitation tax credit certificate awards; prohibiting the department or a delegated local pollution control program from denying a specified status or refusing to issue a specified order for certain brownfield sites that are only a portion of larger contaminated sites, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/13/2025 SENATE Filed
SB 0784 Issuance of an Address and an Individual Parcel Identification Number by Ingoglia
Issuance of an Address and an Individual Parcel Identification Number; Requiring the appropriate governing body to issue, within a specified time after the recording of the plat, certain information, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/17/2025 SENATE Filed
SB 0786 Improvements to Structures on Agricultural Lands by Truenow
Improvements to Structures on Agricultural Lands; Prohibiting assessment of any agricultural improvements used for certain purposes on specified lands, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/17/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 0787 Revenues from Ad Valorem Taxes by Chamberlin
Revenues from Ad Valorem Taxes: Revises how rolled back rate is calculated; limits maximum millage rate that may be levied; prohibits higher rate from being levied; requires revenues collected in excess of certain amount to be disposed of in specified manner. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0802
Term Limits for Members of Boards of County Commissioners and District School Boards by Ingoglia
Term Limits for Members of Boards of County Commissioners and District School Boards; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide term limits for members of boards of county commissioners and district school boards, etc.
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 0811 Education by Nixon
Education: Revises provisions relating to certain trainings & instruction, school district procedures &
requirements relating to parental notification, classroom instruction, instructional materials, school personnel training, BOG reviews, state university performance-based incentives, required instruction, DEI program, & general education core courses; repeals provisions relating to personal titles; & revises provisions relating to educator preparation. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0822 Education by Rodriguez
Education; Providing requirements for specified deadlines for charter schools; authorizing a charter school to assign its charter to another governing board under certain circumstances; revising which facilities and land are exempt from specified ad valorem taxes; authorizing high-performing charter schools to assume the charters of certain charter schools; requiring school districts to take specified actions before the disposal of real property, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 0833 Rapid Rail Transit Compact by Hinson
Rapid Rail Transit Compact: Authorizes Governor to execute rapid rail transit compact with specified states, to join Southern Rail Commission; provides form of compact. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0836 Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags by Smith (C)
Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags; Removing the state preemption on the regulation of certain auxiliary containers, wrappings, and disposable plastic bags, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2025
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 0837 Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities by Tuck
Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities: Requires Department of Commerce to accept applications seeking approval as rural fund; specifies application criteria; requires rural fund to collect contributions & investments requires growth fund to send documentation of contributions & investments to department; requires department to provide tax credit certificate against state tax liability; provides restrictions on credit; provides requirements regarding tax certificates; provides mechanism to exit program; requires rural fund to submit report to department annually. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0838 Florida Building Code by DiCeglie
Florida Building Code; Prohibiting a local government from adopting a local lookback ordinance for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure which is more stringent than the Florida Building Code; providing that lookback ordinances adopted by local governments before a specified date are void and unenforceable, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
SB 0852 Study on the Elimination of Property Taxes by Martin
Study on the Elimination of Property Taxes; Requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a specified study; requiring the office to submit a report to the Legislature by a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 0861 Advanced Wastewater Treatment by Cross
Advanced Wastewater Treatment: Requires DEP, in consultation with water management districts & sewage disposal facilities, to submit to Governor & Legislature reports on certain sewage disposal facilities in state. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 0930 Education by Davis
Education; Citing this act the “Freedom to Learn Act.”; repealing a provision relating to prohibited training or instruction in specified concepts which constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex; authorizing and encouraging Florida College System institutions, state universities, and direct-support organizations to develop programs based on diversity, equity, and inclusion principles; providing that school libraries may provide materials and information presenting all points of view, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/20/2025 SENATE Filed
SB 0946 Waste Facilities by Rodriguez
Waste Facilities; Prohibiting a local governmental entity from applying for a permit for or approving the permitting of certain waste facilities within a specified distance of the Everglades Protection Area, the Everglades Construction Project, or any water storage or conveyance structure constructed pursuant to specified provisions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/20/2025 SENATE Filed
HB 4001 Lee County by Giallombardo
Lee County : Amends Lee County Home Rule Charter to require additional members for board of county commissioners under certain circumstances; requires chair & vice chair to be from specific categories of board members; revises circumstances under which district boundaries are changed; provides requirements for redistricting plans & districts; requires referendum. Effective Date: only upon its approval by a majority vote of those qualified electors of Lee County voting in a referendum to be held in conjunction with the 2026 general election,
Actions
01/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
01/22/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
01/22/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HB 6001
Recreational Customary Use of Beaches by Rudman
Recreational Customary Use of Beaches: Repeals provisions relating to establishment of recreational customary use of beaches. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions
12/10/2024 HOUSE Filed
01/02/2025 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
HB 6023
Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags by Bartleman
Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags: Removes state preemption on regulation of certain auxiliary containers, wrappings, & disposable plastic bags. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions
02/19/2025 HOUSE Filed
SB 7002 Water Management Districts by Environment and Natural Resources Water Management Districts; 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; 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 Everglades restoration comprehensive plan and the status of all performance indicators; authorizing the districts to levy ad valorem taxes on property by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing board, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Actions
02/18/2025
SENATE Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Environment and Natural Resources; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/19/2025 SENATE Committee Bill Text Filed
02/20/2025
SENATE Referred to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
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