APA Florida Bill Tracking Report April 25 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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
03/31/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
04/23/2025
SENATE Withdrawn from Rules; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Substituted for SB 0202; Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (413134); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 2 Nays)
04/23/2025 HOUSE In returning messages
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
01/06/2025
No Current Committee
HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
01/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
02/28/2025 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
SB 0050 Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience by García
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience; Specifying that the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation is established within the University of South Florida, rather than within the University of South Florida College of Marine Science; requiring the hub to develop design guidelines and standards for optimal combinations of green and gray infrastructure and to model the effects of conceptual designs of certain green and gray infrastructure; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules for nature-based methods for coastal resilience, etc.
APPROPRIATION: $250,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
03/19/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (384900); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 39 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
03/19/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
03/19/2025 HOUSE In Messages
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Finance and Tax
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: Prohibits counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing certain local ordinances, regulations, rules, or policies regarding presidential libraries unless authorized by federal law. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
No Current Committee Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/11/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 03/13/25, 10:00 am, 17 H
03/13/2025 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 16 Yeas, 7 Nays
03/13/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 SENATE Favorable by Fiscal Policy; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
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 criteria that determine hazardous walking condition for public school students. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/23/2025
No Current Committee
SENATE Withdrawn from Rules; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Substituted for SB 0650; Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 38 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 HOUSE Ordered enrolled
04/23/2025 HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
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; requiring the department to give priority to counties located either wholly or partially within the Everglades Agricultural Area and which request a specified percentage of project costs for eligible projects, etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,813,977 Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 0118
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/25
04/25/2025
HOUSE Substituted for HB 0991; Read Second Time; Amendments Failed (672055, 816917, 092127); Amendment Adopted (605877); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 69 Yeas / 42 Nays)
04/25/2025 SENATE In returning messages
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
No Current Committee Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/17/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
03/19/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 3 Nays); Immediately certified
03/19/2025 HOUSE In Messages
HB 0123 Education by Andrade
Education: Revises provisions relating to conversion schools; authorizes municipality to apply for job engine charter under certain conditions; prohibits school districts from charging specified fees for conversion school; & requires specified property to remain at conversion school. Effective Date: July 1,
SB 0140
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 0143
Actions
04/08/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee; 11 Yeas, 4 Nays
04/08/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/09/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Charter Schools by Gaetz
Charter Schools; Revising which persons or entities may apply for a conversion charter school; authorizing a municipality to apply for a charter that it may designate as a job engine charter under certain conditions; revising entities that are included in the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program to include charter schools, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 0144
Actions
04/21/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
04/24/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 30 Yeas / 7 Nays)
04/24/2025 HOUSE In Messages
Resilient Buildings by Barnaby
Resilient Buildings : Authorizes owner of resilient buildings to receive 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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/07/2025
House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
HOUSE Reference to State Affairs Committee removed; Reference to Commerce Committee added; Remaining references: Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee
03/07/2025 HOUSE Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
03/19/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/21/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Judiciary
SB 0174
Actions
01/07/2025 SENATE Filed
01/24/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
Assessment of Homestead Property by DiCeglie
Assessment of Homestead Property; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit the consideration of any change or improvement made to homestead property to mitigate flood damage in determining the assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes, to limit the transfer of such value to new homestead property, and to provide an effective date, etc.
Current Committee of Reference:
No
Current Committee
Actions
04/14/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 110 S
04/17/2025 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/18/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
SB 0176 Assessment of Homestead Property by DiCeglie
Assessment of Homestead Property; Requiring that changes, additions, or improvements that replace or are made to elevate homestead property be assessed in a specified manner; specifying how such assessment must be calculated under certain conditions; authorizing property appraisers to require certain evidence, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 174 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment is approved at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/14/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 110 S
04/17/2025 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/18/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
SB 0180 Emergency Preparedness and Response by DiCeglie
Emergency Preparedness and Response; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to waive or reduce local government match requirements under certain circumstances; providing a tangible personal property assessment limitation, during a certain timeframe and in certain counties, for certain agricultural equipment that is unable to be used due to Hurricanes Debby, Helene, or Milton; specifying conditions for applying for and receiving the assessment limitation; revising public hurricane shelter funding prioritization requirements for the Division of Emergency Management; authorizing certain servicemembers to provide medical care in specified circumstances; revising the maximum evacuation clearance time for permanent residents of the Florida Keys Area, which time is an element for which amendments to local comprehensive plans in the Florida Keys Area must be reviewed for compliance, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
No Current Committee Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/09/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (297148, 894126, 503674); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/09/2025 HOUSE In Messages
SB 0184 Housing by Gaetz
Housing; Authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by a specified date, 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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
No Current Committee
SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (281558, 103896); Read Third Time;
04/09/2025 Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/09/2025 HOUSE In Messages
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
01/22/2025
No Current Committee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 0198
Actions
01/10/2025 SENATE Filed
01/24/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
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.
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Judiciary
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/22/2025
No Current Committee
SENATE Favorable by Fiscal Policy; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
No Current Committee
04/17/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/21/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
04/23/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 0011; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0011
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 for small counties. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 115 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
HB 0209 State Land Management by Snyder
State Land Management: Requires public hearings for all updated conservation & nonconservation land management plans; requires Division of State Lands to make available to public electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of certain size & for parcels located in state parks; revises duties of Division of Recreation & Parks; specifies requirements for management of parks & recreational areas held by state; requires division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, & permits; authorizes division to acquire, install, or permit installation or operation of camping cabins that meet certain requirements in state parks; prohibits division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within state parks; requires that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from advisory group; requires that advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to public within specified timeframe. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 115 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/16/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/16/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Fiscal Policy
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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
HB 0247
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
Housing by Conerly
Housing: Authorizes landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports & require specified statement; prohibits landlord from charging certain fees to applicant using reusable tenant screening report; requires, rather than authorizes, local governments to adopt ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; revises accessory dwelling units that apply toward satisfying certain component of local government's comprehensive plan; requires that rented accessory dwelling unit be assessed separately from homestead property & taxed according to its use; prohibits local governments from adopting ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in areas of critical state concern; 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
No Current Committee Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee; 18 Yeas, 6 Nays
04/23/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/25/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 0275 Annexing State-owned Lands by Albert
Annexing State-owned Lands: Requires municipality proposing to annex state-owned lands to notify each member of legislative delegation of county at certain time. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
No Current Committee Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/31/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 04/02/25, 4:00 pm, 17 H
04/02/2025 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 0281 Local Government Code Enforcement by Partington
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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
SB 0284 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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Judiciary
HB 0287
HB 0295
01/16/2025 SENATE Filed
01/29/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
House State Affairs Committee
03/07/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee, 03/11 /25, 10:15 am, 404 H
03/11/2025 HOUSE Favorable by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/11/2025 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 0298
Actions
04/16/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 116 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/16/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/16/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Fiscal Policy
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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Community Affairs
SB 0310
01/17/2025 SENATE Filed
01/29/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
01/17/2025 SENATE Filed
02/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
SB 0318 Ad Valorem Tax Exemption by Truenow
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to exempt certain tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation, etc.
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/17/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 S
04/22/2025 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 0321 Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged by Smith
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House State Affairs Committee
SB 0326
Actions
03/28/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, 04/01/25, 8:00 am, 17 H
04/01/2025 HOUSE Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/01/2025 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
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.
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 0346
Actions
01/27/2025 SENATE Filed
02/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment by Rouson
State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment; Deleting provisions preempting to the state the regulation of certain hoisting equipment, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
03/07/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Regulated Industries, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 412 K
03/12/2025 SENATE Favorable by Regulated Industries; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/12/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
Property Tax Exemptions: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to create $100,000 exemption from assessed value of real property for all levies.
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/12/2025
No Current Committee
HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/12/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
SB 0368 Community Associations by García
Community Associations; Creating the Condominium and Homeowners’ Association Economic Crime, Fraud, and Corruption Investigation Pilot Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; authorizing the department to contract with a private entity to achieve the program’s purpose; requiring that the pilot program be funded from the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund; requiring the division to monitor condominium associations’ compliance with requirements relating to maintenance of certain insurance or fidelity bonding of certain persons, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
01/27/2025 SENATE Filed
02/03/2025
HB 0371
Senate Regulated Industries
SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
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 USF College of Marine Science to develop design guidelines & standards for
green & gray infrastructure & models for conceptual designs of green infrastructure & green-gray infrastructure; requires DEP to develop specified guidelines for nature-based methods for coastal resilience & to finalize & publish guidelines by specified date; requires department to encourage local governments to participate in certain restoration efforts. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
03/18/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 03/20/25, 8:30 am, 17 H
03/20/2025 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 23 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/20/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/24/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Agriculture, 03/03/25, 3:30 pm, 301 S
03/03/2025 SENATE Favorable by Agriculture; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/04/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
HB 0381 Platting by Holcomb
Platting: Requires that certain plat or replat submittals be administratively approved, with no further action by governing body of county or municipality required if certain requirements are met; requires governing body of such county or municipality to designate administrative authority to receive, process, & review plat or replat submittals; defines "administrative authority"; requires administrative authority to provide certain written notice to applicant within specified timeframe; requires administrative authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny plat or replat submittals in accordance with specified timeframe in written notice; requires administrative authority to provide certain written notice to applicant if it denies approval of plat or replat submittal; prohibits administrative authority or other official, employee, agent, or designee from requesting or requiring that applicant request written extension of time; requires appropriate governing body to issue, within specified time after recordation of a plat, certain information. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 0384
Actions
04/16/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee on 04/15/25; 25 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/17/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/18/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Annexing State-owned Lands by Burton
Annexing State-owned Lands; Requiring a municipality proposing to annex state-owned lands to notify each member of the legislative delegation of the county at a certain time, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/01/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
04/03/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/03/2025 HOUSE In Messages
Trust Funds for Wildlife Management; revising the uses of the Grants and Donations Trust Fund; deleting the requirement that the commission designate an identifiable unit to administer the Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund; authorizing the commission to use the proceeds from the trust fund for law enforcement; authorizing the commission to enter into specified agreements with private landowners, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/04/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
04/09/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/2025 HOUSE In Messages
HB 0393 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by Lopez, V.
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program: Limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures & buildings on condominium property; prohibits condominium association from applying for hurricane mitigation inspection or mitigation grant under pilot program unless certain association property or condominium property is established as common element & association has complied with specified requirements; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which mitigation grant may be used; requires improvements to be identified in final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for association to receive grant funds; requires grant funds to be awarded for mitigation improvement that will result in mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requires mitigation improvements to be made to all openings. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
No Current Committee
04/23/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Fiscal Policy
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 0409
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
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 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
HB 0411
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
02/05/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/12/2025
House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
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 on Leased Land by Chaney
Affordable Property Ad Valorem Tax Exemption on Leased Land: Authorizes certain leased land to qualify for specified ad valorem tax exemption; authorizes Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules. Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
No Current Committee
04/24/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 113 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/24/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/24/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
SB 0420 Official Actions of Local Governments by Yarborough
Official Actions of Local Governments; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from funding or promoting or taking official action as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion; providing that a county commissioner, a member of the governing body of a municipality, or any other county or municipal official who violates certain provisions commits misfeasance or malfeasance in office; requiring potential recipients of county and municipal contracts and grants to make a certain certification to the county or municipality before being awarded such contract or grant, etc. Effective Date: 12/31 /2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Judiciary
Actions
03/18/2025 SENATE Now in Judiciary
03/27/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 S
04/01/2025 SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Judiciary
SB 0432 Power of County Commissioners to Levy Special Assessments by McClain
Power of County Commissioners to Levy Special Assessments; Deleting special assessments as a source of funding for certain municipal facilities and services; deleting the ability of the legislative and governing body of a county to levy and collect special assessments; deleting special assessments as a mechanism to finance services or programs rendered specially for the benefit of property or residents in unincorporated areas, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/28/2025 SENATE Filed
03/07/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
HB 0443 Charter Schools by Snyder
Charter Schools: Revises provisions relating to charter school codes of student conduct, enrollment, capacity, compliance with law, facilities, ad valorem taxes, student data; revises provisions relating to high-performing charter schools; revises provisions relating to sale, transfer, lease, or disposal of school district property. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 0452
Actions
04/24/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 83 Yeas / 28 Nays)
04/24/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/24/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
02/10/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules
03/03/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules
03/03/2025 SENATE Withdrawn prior to introduction
SB 0462 Transportation by DiCeglie
Transportation; Requiring counties to report certain information to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research annually by a specified date; revising the definitions of the terms “dynamic driving task,” “micromobility device,” and “vehicle”; revising provisions relating to the administration and financing of certain aviation and airport programs and projects; revising the bidding and award process for contracts for road construction and maintenance projects; revising membership of the governing body of the Greater Miami Expressway Agency, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/23/2025
04/23/2025
SB 0482
SB 0488
No Current Committee
SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (558928, 133278, 425620, 950144); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays)
SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/23/2025 HOUSE In Messages
Impact Fees by DiCeglie
Impact Fees; Defining the term “plan-based methodology”; requiring the completion of a demonstratedneed study using plan-based methodology before the adoption of an impact fee increase which expressly demonstrates certain extraordinary circumstances; prohibiting increases in certain impact fees unless specified extraordinary circumstances are demonstrated, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/31/2025
Senate Finance and Tax
SENATE Motion to Reconsider adopted; Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/02/2025 SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
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 Land Development by McClain
Land Development; Beginning on a specified date, revising the schedule for credit release upon issuance of a mitigation bank credit permit; authorizing a mitigation bank applicant to propose an alternative credit release schedule; prohibiting mitigation credits from being released for freshwater wetland creation until certain conditions are met; requiring the department and water management districts to apply proximity factor multipliers in a specified manner; limiting the timeframe for the permit applicant to rely on a credit availability determination for specified purposes, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
HB 0503 Local Business Taxes by Botana
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House State Affairs Committee
Actions
03/17/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, 03/19/25, 1:00 pm, 17 H
03/19/2025 HOUSE Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; 12 Yeas, 4 Nays
03/19/2025 HOUSE Now in State Affairs 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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Transportation
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
SB 0556
02/06/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/07/2025 SENATE Filed
02/20/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
HB 0567 Transportation by McFarland
Transportation: Authorizes person to request administrative hearing with school district after receiving notice of violation; authorizes school district to appoint local hearing officer to conduct administrative hearing; requires DHSMV to determine certain speed limits; authorizes school resource officers to enforce specified traffic laws on roadways within school district; provides minimum civil penalties for specified violation enforced by school bus infraction detection system; prohibits publicly owned airports from charging landing fee for certain aircraft operations; revises conditions under which DOT may acquire property through eminent domain; revises requirements for designation of additional M.P.O.'s; revises projects & strategies to be considered in developing M.P.O.'s long-range transportation plan & transportation improvement program; establishes Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Program; establishes airport pilot program at Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee; 23 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/24/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/25/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 0569 Construction and Facilities by Kendall
Construction and Facilities: Provides that charter school is public facility for purpose of concurrency; authorizes developers to provide specified improvements & contributions to public schools; requires developers to receive credits for impact fees from such improvements & contributions; provides requirements for location of such schools; requires such credits to be approved by local governments & special districts; prohibits local governing authorities from imposing or enforcing certain vehicular stacking ordinances or regulations against specified schools during certain hours; revises building requirements for charter schools; prohibits local governing authorities from requiring charter school to obtain certain exemptions or approvals under land development code for specified purposes relating to allowable uses. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 86 Yeas / 26 Nays)
04/16/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/16/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
HB 0579 Local Government Land Development by Overdorf
Land Use and Development: Requires counties & municipalities, respectively, to meet specified requirements regarding minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; prohibits school district from collecting, charging, or imposing any alternative fee for concurrency for educational facilities
that does not meet certain requirements; specifies certain purposes for which local governments may use certain fees to carry out activities relating to obtaining or finalizing building permit; prohibits imposition or collection of amenity dues except as provided in recreational covenant; prohibits recreational covenant from requiring association to collect amenity dues; requires specified disclosure summary beginning on date certain for contracts for sale of certain parcels; requires any contract or agreement for sale of parcel governed by homeowners’ association & subject to recreational covenant to refer to & incorporate such disclosure after date certain. Effective Date: October 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee; 15 Yeas, 8 Nays
04/23/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/25/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
SB 0582 Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures by Leek
Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures; Authorizing a code enforcement board or 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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/03/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
04/09/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 34 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/2025 HOUSE In Messages
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
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 structures or buildings; revising the improvements for which a grant may be used; requiring that improvements be verified during the final hurricane mitigation inspection to qualify for grant funds; specifying that mitigation grants may be awarded only for mitigation improvements that will result in a mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 SENATE Favorable by Fiscal Policy; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
HB 0599 Property Owner Liability by Cobb
HB 0617
Property Owner Liability: Provides that property owner is liable for damages caused by trees or shrubs located on his or her property when they fall on another's property; provides applicability; provides that trees & shrubs located on two or more parcels may be removed by any of property owners after serving proper notice & posting on other parcels; provides exception. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
HB 0619
Actions
02/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/19/2025 HOUSE Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
02/19/2025 HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 0621
Actions
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
02/27/2025 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
Termination of Rental Agreement by Victim of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, or Stalking by López (J)
Termination of Rental Agreement by Victim of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, or Stalking: Prohibits landlord from evicting tenant or terminating rental agreement because tenant or tenant's minor child is victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; specifies that rental agreement may not contain certain provisions; authorizes victim of such actual or threatened violence or stalking to terminate rental agreement; requires certain documentation & written notice to landlord; provides for liability for rent for both tenant & perpetrator, if applicable; specifies that tenant does not forfeit certain money paid to landlord for terminating rental agreement; requires landlord to change locks of dwelling unit within specified time period; authorizes tenant to change locks of dwelling unit; prohibits certain actions by landlord; authorizes filing of civil action & award of damages, fees, & costs; prohibits waiver of certain provisions. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Actions
02/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/13/2025 HOUSE Filed
House Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
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
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/21/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
04/23/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 0085; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0085
HB 0651 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by Tuck
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Revises & creates provisions related to DACS powers, duties, functions, & programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee on 04/15/25; 22 Yeas, 3 Nays
04/17/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/18/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 0661 One Water Approaches to Water Resource Management by Albert
One Water Approaches to Water Resource Management: Encourages One Water approaches to integrating water supply, quality, protection, & conservation that will support future growth & avoid projected water supply shortages. Effective Date: Not Specified House State Affairs Committee Current Committee of Reference: Actions
04/01/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/01/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/02/2025 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
HB 0665 Local Government Impact Fees and Development Permits and Orders by Steele
Local Government Impact Fees and Development Permits and Orders : Prohibits county from requiring applicant to take certain actions as condition of processing development permit or development order; requires completion of demonstrated-need study using plan-based methodology before adoption of impact fee increase which expressly demonstrates certain extraordinary circumstances; prohibits
increases in certain impact fees unless specified extraordinary circumstances are demonstrated; prohibits local government from increasing impact fee rate; prohibits municipality from requiring applicant to take certain actions as condition of processing development permit or development order. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Commerce Committee
Actions
04/09/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/09/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/10/2025 HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
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 amendments to Constitution to provide term limits for members of boards of county commissioners & district school boards; provides applicability. Effective Date: Not Specified
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 82 Yeas / 33 Nays)
04/16/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/16/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
HB 0681 Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding by Melo
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding: Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/24/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Substituted for SB 1458; Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/24/2025 HOUSE Ordered enrolled
04/24/2025 HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
HB 0683 Construction Regulations by Griffitts Jr.
Construction Regulations: Requires DEP to adopt minimum standards for installation of synthetic turf on specified properties; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any pronouncement that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, property owners from installing synthetic turf meeting certain requirements; requires local governmental entities to approve or deny certain price quotes & provide notice to contractors within specified timeframe; prohibits state or certain political subdivisions from penalizing or rewarding bidders for performing larger or smaller volumes of construction work for state or political subdivisions; provides exemption from Florida Building Code to systems or equipment located within spaceport territory which is used for specified purposes; prohibits local governments from requiring copies of contracts & certain associated documents for issuance of building permits or as requirement for submitting building permit applications; revises conditions under which specified contractors may elect to use private provider to provide inspection services; authorizes private providers to use automated or software-based plans review systems designed to make certain determinations;
HB 0685
requires local building officials to issue permits within specified timeframe if such permit application is related to certain single-trade plans reviews; authorizes certain inspections to be performed in person or virtually. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
No Current Committee
04/23/2025 HOUSE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
House Ways & Means Committee
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
No Current Committee
03/26/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/27/2025 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
04/03/2025 HOUSE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
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
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
02/18/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
SB 0700 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by Truenow
HB 0701
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 acquired or owned by an electric utility by a certain date be offered for fee simple acquisition by the department before the land may be offered for sale or transfer to a private individual or entity; requiring local governmental entities to issue permits for electric vehicle charging stations based on specified standards and provisions of law; requiring, subject to appropriation of funds, the Cattle Enhancement Board, Inc., in coordination with the department, to establish a Florida beef marketing program, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/15/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/16/2025 SENATE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 27 Yeas / 9 Nays); Immediately certified
04/16/2025 HOUSE In Messages
Local Housing Assistance Plans by Stark
Local Housing Assistance Plans: Authorizes county or eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance to mobile home owners for specified time period; requires counties & eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; provides that lot rental assistance is approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizes certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation & emergency repairs; removes prohibition that only certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 115 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
SB 0712 Construction Regulations by Grall
Construction Regulations; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt minimum standards for the installation of synthetic turf on specified properties; requiring that, for certain contracts entered into on or after a specified date, local governmental entities 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 for the state or political subdivisions when scoring or evaluating certain bids; requiring that elevator car interiors have at least one support rail that meets certain specifications, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/21/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Rules; 23 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/22/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 0717 Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures by Greco
Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures: Authorizes code enforcement board or special magistrate to impose fine that exceeds certain limits for unlawful demolition of certain historical buildings or structures; provides that such fine may not exceed certain percentage of just market valuation. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
03/31/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 04/02/25, 4:00 pm, 17 H
04/02/2025 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
SB 0724 Property Owner Liability by Martin
Property Owner Liability; Citing this act as the "Fallen Tree Act"; providing that a property owner is liable for damages caused by trees or shrubs located on his or her property when they fall on another’s property; providing applicability; providing that trees and shrubs located on two or more parcels may be removed by any of the property owners after serving proper notice and posting on the other parcels; providing an exception, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Banking and Insurance
Actions
03/27/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 S
04/01/2025 SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 SENATE Now in Banking and Insurance
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 who 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, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 0739
Actions
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
04/24/2025 SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
04/24/2025 SENATE Retained on Special Order Calendar
Sanitary and Storm Water System Standards by Grow
Sanitary and Storm Water System Standards: Requires that all sanitary & storm water systems comply with specified state DOT standards for certain elements; provides inspection requirements for such systems; specifies that certain local standards are superseded; provides finding of an important state interest. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Current Committee of Reference: Actions
02/19/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HB 0753
State Lotteries by Alvarez (J)
State Lotteries: Increases amount of lottery retailer bond; authorizes lottery retailer to remit funds to Department of Lottery for deposit in specified bank account in lieu of such bond; authorizes department to act as courier service & contract with third party to provide such service; requires all courier services to have written agreement that conforms to certain requirements & rules; authorizes courier services to store lottery tickets for customers in lieu of delivery; requires such courier services to maintain secure database of all stored lottery tickets & provide specified notice of winning ticket; authorizes such courier services to redeem winning tickets; prohibits portion or percentage of such winning tickets from being charged, accepted, given, or paid to such courier services; prohibits courier service from operating
without written agreement; prohibits certain false claims & theft of lottery tickets by lottery retailers, courier services, or employees. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
02/19/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025
House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; State Administration Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
HB 0771 Local Government Assessments by Steele
Local Government Assessments: Removes special assessments as source of funding for certain municipal facilities & services; removes ability of legislative & governing body of county to levy & collect special assessments; removes special assessments as mechanism to finance services or programs rendered specially for benefit of property or residents in unincorporated areas; requires certain ordinances or land development regulations to provide for reimbursement by local government; makes local government responsible for payment of fees or taxes assessed for conservation easements for certain land development projects. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/26/2025
House Ways & Means Committee
HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
03/19/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/21/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
HB 0773 Revising How Homestead Property is Assessed by Steele
Revising How Homestead Property is Assessed: Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to revise how homestead property is assessed.
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
02/26/2025
02/26/2025
House Ways & Means Committee
HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
03/19/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/21/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
HB 0775 Assessment of Homestead Property by Steele
Assessment of Homestead Property: Revises method of homestead property assessment; requires assessment be at most recent purchase price or, in case of new construction, cost of construction; requires reassessment to be prior assessed value or specified calculation; requires changes, additions, & improvements be assessed in certain manner; authorizes Department of Revenue to create grant program for certain purpose. Effective Date: on the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by HJR 773
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/26/2025
House Ways & Means Committee
HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
SB 0784
03/19/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/21/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
Platting by Ingoglia
Platting; Requiring that certain plat or replat submittals be administratively approved with no further action by certain entities under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of such county or municipality to designate an administrative authority to receive, review, and process plat or replat submittals; requiring the administrative authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny a plat or replat submittal in accordance with the timeframe in the initial written notice to the applicant, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 0786
Actions
04/10/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
04/16/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/16/2025 HOUSE In Messages
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Finance and Tax
Actions
03/06/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Agriculture, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 301 S
03/11/2025 SENATE Favorable by Agriculture; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/11/2025 SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
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.
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/12/2025
Senate Community Affairs
SENATE On Committee agenda - Ethics and Elections, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 37 S
03/17/2025 SENATE Favorable by Ethics and Elections; 6 Yeas, 2 Nays
03/18/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
SB 0810
Stormwater Management Systems by Burgess
Stormwater Management Systems; Defining the terms “MS4” and “MS4 entity”; requiring each MS4 entity to conduct an operation and maintenance inspection of certain stormwater management systems by a specified date; requiring each MS4 entity to complete a stormwater facility inspection checklist, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 0811
Actions
04/03/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
04/09/2025 SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
04/09/2025 SENATE Retained on Calendar
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Education Administration Subcommittee
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025 HOUSE Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee; Budget Committee; Education & Employment Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
SB 0822 Education by Rodriguez
Education; Providing that a lab school may use the lab school’s discretionary capital improvement funds for specified purposes; authorizing a charter school governing board to adopt its own code of student conduct; authorizing a charter school to increase its student enrollment beyond the capacity identified in the charter under certain conditions; requiring the Department of Education to provide student performance data to a charter school and its contractor; authorizing a high-performing charter school to assume the charter of an existing charter school within the same school district, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/23/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Commerce Committee
Actions
03/27/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 102 H
03/31/2025 HOUSE Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 1 Nay
04/01/2025 HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025
SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/02/2025
03/02/2025
SB 0838
House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 0852
HB 0861
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Banking and Insurance; Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/18/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference:
House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
HB 0873
Actions
02/20/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/02/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget ; State Affairs Committee
03/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination by Woodson
Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination: Requires landlords to provide certain tenants specified amount of time to vacate premises after delivery of notice to terminate rental agreement before bringing specified action. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
02/21/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/02/2025 HOUSE Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
03/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
SB 0896 State Lotteries by Rodriguez
State Lotteries; Deleting a provision requiring the compensation of the Secretary of the Department of the Lottery to be set annually by the Governor; revising requirements for studies and evaluations of security in the operation of the department; increasing the amount of a lottery retailer bond; authorizing the use of a debit card in a vending machine to purchase a lottery ticket; providing an exception to the prohibition on officers or employees of the department purchasing a lottery ticket, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Regulated Industries
HB 0923
02/19/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Housing by Lopez, V.
Housing: Revises provisions relating to affordable housing, property tax exemptions, use of funds from discretionary sales surtax, tax credit, & allocation of funding from FHFC & Live Local Program. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
House Ways & Means Committee
03/14/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/17/25 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
03/21/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR`s Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/24/25, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
04/02/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 04/04/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
Actions
02/20/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Rules
HB 0943 Real Property and Land Use and Development by Lopez, V.
Real Property and Land Use and Development: Authorizes board of county commissioners & governing body of municipality, respectively, to approve development of housing that is affordable on parcels owned by religious institutions; prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from requiring proposed multifamily development to obtain transfer of density or development units, requiring specified percentage of total square footage of mixed-residential projects be used for nonresidential purposes, restricting density of proposed development below highest density, restricting floor area ratio of proposed development below certain percentage of highest floor area ratio & restricting height of proposed development below highest height; requires counties & municipalities, respectively, to reduce parking requirements by specified percentage; prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from imposing or enforcing certain building moratorium; requires local government to designate certain property as historic by adoption of local preservation ordinance; establishes state policy to support affordable workforce housing for employees of health care facilities & governmental entities. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee; 20 Yeas, 3 Nays
04/22/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/25/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
SB 0946 Waste Facilities by Rodriguez
Waste Facilities; Prohibiting state or local governmental entities from approving permits for specified waste facilities, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Community Affairs
03/25/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/25/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/26/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
SB 0966 Rapid Rail Transit Compact by Davis
Rapid Rail Transit Compact; Authorizing the Governor to execute a rapid rail transit compact with specified states, to join the Southern Rail Commission; providing the form of the compact, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Transportation
02/21/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
HB 0973 Special Districts by Overdorf
Special Districts: Abolishes certain soil & water conservation districts; transfers assets & liabilities of such districts to DACS; provides that independent special district that grants public access to district lands or water areas for outdoor recreational purposes owes no duty of care to perform specified actions; provides that independent special district is not responsible for injury to persons or property caused by act or omission of such person upon such lands or water areas; provides certain protection
SB 0978
to owner of private land if independent special district secures easement or other access right through such private land to district lands or water areas that independent special district makes available to public for outdoor recreational purposes; provides that special district may purchase commodities & contractual services from purchasing agreements of this state; provides that independent special district may require, by resolution, criminal history screening for certain persons; revises qualifications of supervisor of soil & water conservation district; requires DACS to monitor specified soil & water conservation districts & ensure that each district is winding up administrative & fiscal matters in timely manner & using certain practices. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/03/2025
04/07/2025
House State Affairs Committee
HOUSE On Committee agenda - Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee, 04/07/25, 1:00 pm, 314 H
HOUSE Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee; 12 Yeas, 3 Nays
04/07/2025 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Advanced Wastewater Treatment by Berman
Advanced Wastewater Treatment; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with water management districts and wastewater facilities, to submit to the Governor and the Legislature specified reports on certain sewage disposal facilities in this state by specified dates, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/07/2025
04/10/2025
HB 0983
Senate Fiscal Policy
SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 K
SENATE Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/10/2025 SENATE Now in Fiscal Policy
Homeowner's Associations by Porras
Homeowner's Associations: Revises, provides, & removes provisions relating to recall of board members of homeowners' associations; revises provisions relating to delivery of certain notices; specifies when board member is delinquent in paying assessments; revises & provides requirements relating to elections, recall disputes, arbitration, court actions, & attorney fees; provides financial reporting requirements; requires certain documents be provided to prospective purchasers before executing contract; authorizes prospective purchasers to cancel contract under certain circumstances. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Judiciary Committee
SB 0986
Actions
04/11/2025 HOUSE Now in Judiciary Committee
04/15/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Judiciary Committee, 04/17/25, 8:30 am, 404 H
04/17/2025 HOUSE Not Considered by Judiciary Committee
Special Districts by Truenow
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. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
HB 0991
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/21/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Community and Economic Development by Giallombardo
Community and Economic Development: Revising, providing and deleting provisions related to community redevelopment agencies, agriculture, industries and professions, professional licensure and registration, & insurance regulations. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/22/2025 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/25
04/25/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Substituted for SB 0110; Laid on Table, Refer to SB 0110
HB 0995 Areas of Critical State Concern by Mooney, Jr.
Areas of Critical State Concern: Provides exemption from specified payment & performance bond requirements for specified entities; extends specific Florida Forever appropriations to be used for purchase of lands in Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern; revises requirements for specified local comprehensive plans in Florida Keys Area relating to hurricane evacuation clearance time for permanent residents; requires certain entities to maintain building permit allocation systems; provides for award of additional building permit allocations for specified entities; provides requirements for award of such building permits. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 115 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
SB 0996 Revenues from Ad Valorem Taxes by Collins
Revenues from Ad Valorem Taxes: Revising the method of computing the rolled-back rate; revising the maximum millage rate that may be levied in a fiscal year; prohibiting a higher rate from being levied; requiring that revenues collected in excess of a certain amount be disposed of in a specified manner, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 1004
Actions
02/21/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Affordable Housing and Supportive Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities by Rodriguez
Affordable Housing and Supportive Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities; Citing this act as the "Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Act for Persons with Developmental Disabilities"; providing an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property; providing that certain building materials are exempt from certain taxes under certain circumstances; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts to waive certain impact fees; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish a Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program to provide rent subsidies to certain persons up to a specified percentage of the fair market rent; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to
SB 1016
establish Regional Housing and Employment Support Centers to provide specified services, etc.
APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/24/2025 SENATE Filed
02/28/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Increased Homestead Property Exemptions by Ingoglia
Increased Homestead Property Exemptions; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to increase the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $75,000, for all levies, with annual adjustments for inflation, deleting the exemption for school district levies, etc.
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/24/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 1018 Homestead Exemptions by Ingoglia
Homestead Exemptions; Increasing the homestead tax exemption amount for all levies, except for assessments for special benefits; deleting homestead tax exemptions for all levies other than school district levies, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1016 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specified intent and purpose, if such amendment to the State Constitution is approved at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/24/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 1022 Fines for Public Nuisance Abatement by Wright
Fines for Public Nuisance Abatement; Revising provisions relating to the assessment and collection of fines for public nuisances; defining the term “legal assistant”; removing a limit on the total amount of fines that may be imposed on a public nuisance, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
HB 1025
Actions
03/11/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/12/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/12/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
Assessed Value Freeze of Homestead Property by Borrero
Assessed Value Freeze of Homestead Property: Authorizes Legislature to prohibit assessed value of homestead property of certain low-income seniors from exceeding certain amount.
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/25/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/02/2025
House Ways & Means Committee
HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
HB 1027
Homestead Assessment Limitation by Borrero
Homestead Assessment Limitation: Prohibits assessed value of real property used as homestead by person who has attained certain age from exceeding certain amount if certain conditions are met; requires such persons to apply for homestead in specified manner; requires property appraiser who makes certain determination to serve notice of intent to record tax lien against property; requires property that no longer meets certain eligibility requirements to be reassessed in specified manner. Effective Date: on the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by HJR 1025 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
HB 1035
Actions
02/25/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/02/2025
HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Building Permits for Single-family Dwellings by Esposito
Building Permits for Single-family Dwellings: Prohibits expiration of certain building permits issued by county before certain timeframe or specified event, whichever is later; provides that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing job without applicable permits if otherwise authorized by law; prohibits expiration of certain building permits issued by county before certain timeframe or specified event, whichever is later; prohibits local government from requiring building permits for certain projects; provides exception; requires contractor who performs work without building permit to maintain certain records; requires local government to issue building permit for certain building permit applications within specified timeframe; specifies that certain permit applications are deemed approved by local government; requires local government to issue such permit within certain timeframe. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
SB 1036
Actions
03/21/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
04/07/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, 04/09/25, 8:00 am, 17 H
04/09/2025 HOUSE Temporarily Postponed by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Conversion of Hotels Into Residential Housing by Rodriguez
Conversion of Hotels Into Residential Housing; Authorizing a tax credit for certain projects; providing the maximum value of such credit; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate the tax credit among certain projects; creating the Hotel-to-home Tax Credit Program for a certain purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
HB 1039
Actions
02/24/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
Limitation on the Assessment of Homestead Property by Berfield
Limitation on the Assessment of Homestead Property: Joint resolution proposing amendment to s. 4 of Art. VII of State Constitution to Authorizes Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of any change or improvement made to homestead property to mitigate flood damage in determining assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes.
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
HB 1041
HB 1063
03/31/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 04/02/25, 4:00 pm, 17 H
04/02/2025 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Assessment of Homestead Property by Berfield
Assessment of Homestead Property: Requires that certain changes, additions, or improvements made through property elevation be assessed in a specified manner; provides alternate assessment in certain circumstances. Effective Date: on the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by HJR 1039 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 1071
Actions
03/31/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 04/02/25, 4:00 pm, 17 H
04/02/2025 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Carbon Sequestration by Cross
Carbon Sequestration: Creates Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to DEP; requires task force to submit specified reports to Secretary of Environmental Protection, Governor, & Legislature; provides that participation in certain programs or activities is voluntary; requires certain frameworks or enforcement mechanisms to have explicit legislative approval. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
04/01/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 2 Nays
04/02/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/03/2025 HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
Alternative Plans Reviews and Inspections by Benarroch
Alternative Plans Reviews and Inspections: Authorizes private provider to inspect work relating to singletrade inspection of certain dwellings; authorizes private provider to use specified review systems for single-trade plans reviews; requires certain actions by local building official within specified timeframe for certain permits; authorizes single-trade inspections to be performed in person or virtually. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
House Commerce Committee Current Committee of Reference: Actions
04/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
04/11/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Commerce Committee, 04/15/25, 1:00 pm, 212 K
04/15/2025 HOUSE Temporarily Postponed by Commerce Committee
SB 1074 Transportation Concurrency by McClain
Transportation Concurrency; Revising which facilities must be identified in the capital improvements element of a comprehensive plan that imposes transportation concurrency, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Community Affairs
02/24/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation; Rules
SB 1080
Local Government Land Regulation by McClain
Local Government Land Regulation; requiring counties to specify minimum information necessary for certain applications; prohibiting counties from limiting the number of quasi-judicial or public hearings held each month in certain circumstances; authorizing owners of certain parcels to apply to the governing body of the local government for certification of such parcels as agricultural enclaves; revising the expedited state review process for adoption of comprehensive plan amendments; requiring municipalities to specify minimum information necessary for certain applications; prohibiting municipalities from limiting the number of quasi-judicial or public hearings held each month in certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/21/2025
04/23/2025
SB 1082
No Current Committee
SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment Failed (119468); Amendments Adopted (525002, 970542, 506708, 156982); Read Third Time; Failed to Pass (Vote: 18 Yeas / 19 Nays)
04/24/2025 SENATE Reconsidered; Temporarily Postponed on Third Reading
Building Inspections by Martin
Building Inspections; Revising the Florida Building Code edition for energy conservation for a building’s or a dwelling unit’s maximum tested air leakage measure; revising an exception, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/24/2025
03/03/2025
SB 1092
Senate Regulated Industries
SENATE Filed
SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
Assessment of Homestead Property by Martin
Assessment of Homestead Property; Revising the method of homestead property assessments; requiring that assessments be at the most recent purchase price or, in the case of new construction, the cost of construction; requiring that reassessment be the prior assessed value or a specified calculation; authorizing the Department of Revenue to create a grant program for a certain purpose, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR ____, or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment is approved at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 1104
Actions
02/24/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Local Government Code Enforcement by Rodriguez
Local Government Code Enforcement; Authorizing a county or municipality to designate a special magistrate; authorizing an enforcement board to record an original order issued by the board in the public records of the county; revising the method by which certain notices may be provided to an alleged code violator; requiring a governmental entity that permits its code inspectors to wear body cameras to establish certain policies and procedures; requiring the reclassification of certain offenses committed against code enforcement officers while engaged in the performance of their duties, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
SB 1106
SB 1114
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector by Rodriguez
Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local government to retain body camera recordings for a specified period; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: On the same date that SB 1104 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 1116
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
Tourist Development Tax by Smith
Tourist Development Tax; Limiting the total amount of tourist development tax revenues that must be spent annually to promote and advertise tourism in order for any tourist development tax revenues to be used for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Commerce and Tourism
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Tourist Development Tax by Smith (C)
Tourist Development Tax; Authorizing proceeds of the tourist development tax to be used to fund public safety improvements, affordable housing, and workforce housing, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Commerce and Tourism
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 1118 Land Use and Development Regulations by McClain
Land Use and Development Regulations; Prohibiting a county from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing a development permit or development order; deleting language authorizing the owner of an agricultural enclave to apply for a comprehensive plan amendment; revising the expedited state review process for the adoption of comprehensive plan amendments; requiring an approving agency to administer plat submittals and take specified actions within a certain timeframe; providing requirements for certain recreational covenants recorded on or after a certain date, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Regulated Industries
Actions
03/17/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 5 Yeas, 3 Nays
03/19/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/19/2025 SENATE Now in Regulated Industries
SB 1120
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems by Ingoglia
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Specifying that a construction permit for the construction of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system for a single-family dwelling is valid in perpetuity; providing an exception; prohibiting a municipality or political subdivision from placing certain requirements on applicants for a building permit for a single-family dwelling, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 1123
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
02/25/2025 SENATE Withdrawn prior to introduction
Sewer Collection Systems by Cassel
Sewer Collection Systems: Authorizes municipalities to use certain funds for specified purpose. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 1125
Actions
04/25/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 111 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/25/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/25/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
Regional Planning and Economic Development by Owen
Regional Planning and Economic Development: Revises provisions relating to creation of Department of Commerce & its powers & duties; establishes Office of Secure Florida within DOC; revises economic policies of state comprehensive plan to promote entrepreneurship from certain business startups; revises composition of statewide advisory board of Florida Small Business Development Center Network; creates Rural Accelerator Program within DOC; requires funds to be appropriated from Rural Infrastructure Fund; revises composition requirements of Florida Sports Foundation; revises provisions relating to convention grants program established by Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; revises provisions relating to use of statewide contracts register & who Small Business Development Center is required to coordinate with regarding such use; authorizes counties & municipalities to enter into agreements to create regional planning entities pursuant to specified law; replaces regional planning councils with DEP for purposes of hazardous waste management assessments & facilities; revises provisions relating to local health councils; revises composition of Affordable Housing Study Commission. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Commerce Committee
SB 1128
Actions
02/26/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee; Ways & Means Committee; Budget Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
Building Permits for a Single-family Dwelling by Ingoglia
Building Permits for a Single-family Dwelling; Prohibiting the expiration of certain building permits issued by a county or a local government, respectively, before a specified event; specifying that certain permit applications are deemed in compliance; indemnifying local governments in certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Regulated Industries
Actions
03/11/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/12/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
SB 1134
03/12/2025 SENATE Now in Regulated Industries
Alternative Plans Review and Inspections by Calatayud
Alternative Plans Review and Inspections; Requiring that a notice of private inspection services specify whether any scheduled inspection by a private provider will be conducted virtually or in person; authorizing a private provider to use an automated or software-based plans review system designed to make specific determinations; requiring the local building official to issue the requested permit or provide written notice of noncompliance within a specified timeframe for permits related to single-trade plans reviews for single-family or two-family dwellings, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Regulated Industries
Actions
03/17/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 1 Nay
03/18/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/18/2025 SENATE Now in Regulated Industries
SB 1142 Release of Conservation Easements by Rodriguez
Release of Conservation Easements; Requiring certain water management districts, upon application by the fee simple owner of a parcel subject to a conservation easement, to release the conservation easement if specified conditions are met; providing for the valuation of the property upon such release; specifying that land released from the conservation easement may be used for development consistent with certain zoning, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Rules
Actions
03/20/2025
SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 110 S
03/25/2025 SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/26/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
HB 1143 Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources by Shoaf
Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources: Prohibits drilling, exploration, or production of specified petroleum products within certain distance of national estuarine research reserves; requires DEP to consider certain factors when determining whether natural resources of certain bodies of water & shore areas are adequately protected from potential accident or blowout; provides requirements for balancing test to make such determination. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 1148
Actions
04/16/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
04/23/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from Rules; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Substituted for SB 1300; Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (639528); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 1 Nay)
04/23/2025 HOUSE In returning messages
Carbon Sequestration by Rodriguez
Carbon Sequestration; Creating the Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for task force membership, meetings, and duties; requiring the task force to submit specified reports to the Secretary of Environmental Protection and to the Governor and the Legislature by specified dates, etc. APPROPRIATION: $350,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Current Committee of Reference:
General Government
Actions
03/12/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Environment and Natural Resources, 03/17/25, 4:00 pm, 110 S
03/17/2025 SENATE Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/18/2025
SENATE Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
HB 1169 Water Management Districts by Conerly
Water Management Districts: Provides requirements for Commission on Ethics relating to prohibited expenditures by WMDs; requires quorum & affirmative vote of majority of members of governing board before any action may be taken by board; requires South Florida WMD to provide specified detailed report; prohibits WMD from using state funds for specified purpose; authorizes districts to levy ad valorem taxes on certain property; provides requirements for maximum total millage rate; provides requirements for South Florida WMD's & other WMD’s budgets; requires WMD to give preference to certain bids, proposals, or replies for certain capital improvement projects; provides requirements for competitive selection process & procurement procedures. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 1175
Actions
04/22/2025 HOUSE Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee; 19 Yeas, 7 Nays
04/22/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
04/25/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Mitigation Banks by Duggan
Mitigation Banks: Revises provisions for release & use of mitigation bank credits; provides conditions for use of out-of-service-area mitigation credits; provides methodology for determining award of such credits; authorizes alternative release schedules; requires mitigation banks to submit specified accountings to DEP or WMD; requires DEP or WMD to submit specified annual reports to Legislature; requires certain WMDs, upon application by owner of parcel subject to conservation easement, to release conservation easement if specified conditions are met, including obtaining sufficient mitigation credits from mitigation bank; provides for valuation of property upon such release & authorizes such land to be used for development consistent with certain zoning. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 1176
Actions
04/07/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/17/2025 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
04/23/2025 HOUSE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes by Leek
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes; Defining the term “changes or improvements made to improve the property’s resistance to wind damage”; prohibiting consideration of the increase in just value of a property attributable to changes or improvements made to improve the property’s resistance to wind damage in determinations of the assessed value of certain property, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
03/19/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 03/21/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
Homestead Assessment Limitation; Defining the terms “income” and “senior citizen homesteader”; prohibiting the assessed value of real property used as a homestead by a person who has attained a certain age from exceeding a certain amount if certain conditions are met; requiring property that no longer meets certain eligibility requirements to be reassessed in a specified manner, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 326 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment to the State Constitution is approved at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
HB 1185 Department of Management Services by Sapp
Department of Management Services: Provides for equal employment opportunity; prohibits discrimination in employment; prohibits executive agencies from engaging in certain employment practices; authorizes certain persons to file complaint with Attorney General or Department of Business of Professional Regulation; provides for competitive procurement of claims review services for state group health insurance plans; revises exempt positions that are not covered by career service system; revises recruitment provisions relating to career service system; revises personnel rules of DMS; revises specified benefits of law enforcement officers & firefighters, respectively; revises powers & duties of Board of Governors; revises provisions relating to advertising & awarding contracts. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Actions
02/26/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Budget Committee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
SB 1188 Local Governing Authorities by McClain
Local Governing Authorities; Providing that certain construction projects are exempt from concurrency; authorizing a local government to grant a construction project at a charter school an exemption from concurrency; providing a method for a developer to provide a certain contribution in lieu of paying an education impact fee; restricting building requirements that may be imposed by a local governing authority against a startup charter school, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Rules
Actions
03/27/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Transportation, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 37 S
04/01/2025 SENATE Favorable by Transportation; 6 Yeas, 3 Nays
04/01/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
SB 1190 Homestead Property Assessment Limitation by Ingoglia
Homestead Property Assessment Limitation; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit the consideration of any change or improvement made to homestead property to mitigate flood damage in determining the assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes, to limit the transfer of such value to new homestead property, etc.
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB
1192
Assessment of Homestead Property by Ingoglia
Assessment of Homestead Property; Prohibiting the assessed value of elevated homestead property from exceeding a specified amount for a specified timeframe under certain circumstances; requiring a property owner who uses a specified limitation to maintain active homeowner’s and flood insurances for a specified timeframe; providing that failure to maintain such coverage may result in the reassessment of the property’s value without a specified benefit; requiring that the assessed value of an elevated homestead property be recalculated at a specified time and in accordance with specified provisions, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1190 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment is approved at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 1196 Local Business Taxes by Truenow
Local Business Taxes; Requiring the Auditor General to contact certain local governments; authorizing specified entities to continue to levy a certain tax; revising the conditions imposed on taxing authorities governing the levy of a specified tax; prohibiting certain municipalities from reclassifying businesses, professions, or occupations or establishing new rate structures, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
HB 1209
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Land Use and Development Regulations by Steele
Land Use and Development Regulations: Removes language authorizing owner of agricultural enclave to apply for comprehensive plan amendment; authorizes such owner to instead apply for administrative approval of development regardless of future land use designations or comprehensive plan conflicts; removes certain presumption of urban sprawl; requires that authorized development be treated as conforming use; requires supermajority vote for adoption of certain comprehensive plans & plan amendments; authorizes owners of property subject to comprehensive plan amendment & persons applying for comprehensive plan amendments to file civil actions for relief; requires that local land development regulations establish by specified date minimum lot sizes within certain zoning districts to accommodate authorized maximum density; requires approval of infill residential development applications; requires treatment of certain developments as conforming use; specifies that certain parcels may be subject to recreational covenant & that certain recreational facilities & amenities are not part of common area; prohibits imposition or collection of amenity dues except as provided in recreational covenant; requires that recreational covenant recorded before certain date comply with specified requirements to remain valid & effective; limits annual increases in amenity fees & amenity expenses; prohibits recreational covenant from requiring association to collect amenity dues; requires specified disclosure summary for contracts for sale of certain parcels. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Actions
02/26/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
HB 1213 K-12 School Route Optimization Pilot Program by Alvarez, D.
K-12 School Route Optimization Pilot Program: Creates K-12 school route optimization pilot program in specified county school districts; provides program requirements; provides reporting requirements; requires DOE to assist school districts with implementation of pilot program; provides for expiration of program. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/24/2025
No Current Committee
HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/24/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/24/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
HB 1215 Ad Valorem Tax Exemption by Alvarez, D.
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to exempt certain tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation.
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/25/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 110 Yeas / 1 Nay)
04/25/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/25/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Appropriations
SB 1218 County Administrators by DiCeglie
County Administrators; requiring that a county administrator be elected at certain general elections for a specified term of office in certain counties; requiring that a county administrator be an elected official under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to certify the population of each county to specified persons in certain years; requiring that the first election of a county administrator occur in certain counties at a specified election, for a specified term of office, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Actions
02/25/2025 SENATE Filed
03/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 1221 Local Option Taxes by Miller
Local Option Taxes: Revising provisions related to Local Option Taxes including Tourist Development Tax, Local option food and beverage tax, & discretionary sales surtax. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/25/2025 HOUSE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/25/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/25/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Appropriations
SB 1228 Spring Restoration by McClain
Spring Restoration; Authorizing certain domestic wastewater treatment facilities to request the incorporation of reclaimed water projects identified in Outstanding Florida Springs recovery or prevention strategies; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to approve such requests within a certain period of time if certain conditions are met, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/09/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (899814); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/09/2025 HOUSE In Messages
SB 1242 Community Redevelopment Agencies by McClain
Community Redevelopment Agencies; Revising the structure of community redevelopment agencies to require a governing body to declare itself to be an agency; prohibiting a governing body from adopting any modification to a community redevelopment plan which expands the boundaries of the community redevelopment area or extends the time certain set forth in the redevelopment plan; revising the authorized activities of community redevelopment agencies; prohibiting community redevelopment agencies from paying for or financing by increment revenues certain projects; revising the date on which community redevelopment agencies must terminate, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/21/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Rules; 22 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/22/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
HB 1253 Activities of Special Districts by Cassel
Activities of Special Districts: Authorizes certain special districts to jointly enter into, participate in, establish, or control specified joint relationships or collaborations if certain determination is made by such districts; authorizes such districts to exercise such powers regardless of certain consequences as result of exercising such power. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HB 1257
Actions
02/26/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Property Tax Benefits for Residential Properties by Busatta
Property Tax Benefits for Residential Properties : Proposes amendments to State Constitution to provide assessment limitation & exemptions for certain long-term leased property & additional homestead exemption for certain first-time homestead property owners.
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 1259
Actions
04/25/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 80 Yeas / 28 Nays)
04/25/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/25/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
Property Tax Benefits for Residential Properties by Busatta
Property Tax Benefits for Residential Properties : Creates property tax exemption & assessment limitation for certain residential property subject to long-term lease & property tax exemption for certain homestead property purchased by first-time Florida homesteader. Effective Date: on the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by HJR 1257 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 1264
Actions
04/25/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 79 Yeas / 28 Nays)
04/25/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/25/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
Rural and Urban Business Enterprises by Collins
Rural and Urban Business Enterprises; Revising the purpose of the Department of Commerce; deleting the definition of the term “minority business enterprise”; establishing the Research, Innovation, Science, and Engineering (RISE) Investment Tax Credit Program within the Department of Commerce; requiring the department to authorize the Department of Revenue to issue tax credits to a qualifying private fund if certain requirements are met; requiring the department to issue a notice of revocation and recapture to the qualifying private fund and the Department of Revenue, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Rules
Actions
04/17/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
04/17/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 K
04/21/2025 SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Rules
HB 1267
Education by Busatta
Education: Revises provisions relating to public postsecondary boards, presidents, presidential succession plans, textbooks & instructional materials, & graduation requirements; Institute for Freedom in the Americas; & K-12 educational facilities, early warning system, district school board real property, capital outlay, student reading & mathematics deficiencies, schools of hope, New Worlds Reading Initiative, student report cards, & school grades; & establishes Rural Incentive for Professional Educators (RIPE) Program. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendments Failed (493471, 139615, 515465); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 86 Yeas / 27 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/23/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
SB 1300 Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources by Simon
Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider certain factors when determining whether the natural resources of certain bodies of water and shore areas are adequately protected from a potential accident or blowout; providing requirements for a balancing test to make such a determination, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/21/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
04/23/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 1143; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 1143
HB 1303 Revenue Administration by Mooney, Jr.
Revenue Administration: Revising provisions related to taxes & assessments including terminology, powers of governing bodies, administration, property appraisers, valuation, agricultural land, millage, state lands, delinquencies, collection, and interest. Effective Date: effect July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
SB 1304
Actions
02/27/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Solar Facilities by Bradley
Solar Facilities; Defining the terms “agricultural land” and “decommissioned”; authorizing a county to adopt an ordinance requiring that certain solar facilities be properly decommissioned under certain circumstances; deleting a provision providing that a solar facility is a permitted use in certain land use categories and zoning districts and is subject to compliance with certain requirements; deleting a provision exempting solar facility substations from the electric substations for which local governments may adopt and enforce certain land development regulations, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
HB 1307
Actions
03/19/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Regulated Industries; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/21/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/21/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
Education by Temple
Education: Revises provisions relating to DOE, FCS institutions, state universities, & K-20 education system. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/27/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025
House Education Administration Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee; Careers & Workforce Subcommittee; Higher Education Budget Subcommittee; Education & Employment Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
SB 1308 Ad Valorem Tax by Ingoglia
Ad Valorem Tax; Authorizing a county or municipality, respectively, to establish an ad valorem tax rebate program for property owners; specifying requirements for the rebate program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 1316
Actions
02/26/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Resilience Districts by Grall
Resilience Districts; Creating the “Resilience District Act of 2025”; declaring that the act constitutes the sole authority for resilience districts; authorizing the establishment of infrastructure resilience districts through a petition by certain persons; specifying requirements for resilience districts and condominium resilience districts; specifying acceptable uses of infrastructure resilience districts and condominium resilience districts; authorizing the payment of certain fees for project management of infrastructure resilience districts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/26/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
SB 1322 Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities by Simon
Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities; Creating the “Florida Rural Jobs Act”; requiring the Department of Commerce to accept applications for approval as rural funds in a specified manner; requiring the department to distribute revoked investment authority among certain rural funds; granting a credit against state tax liability for specified investors; providing restrictions on the credit, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Finance and Tax
SB 1324
Actions
04/01/2025
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/01/2025 SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
04/02/2025 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 04/04/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
Fees/Equity Investment Certified as a Capital Investment by Simon
Fees/Equity Investment Certified as a Capital Investment; Requiring that an application by a rural fund seeking to have an equity investment certified as a capital investment for specified tax credits include a nonrefundable application fee to the Department of Commerce, etc. Effective Date: On the same date that SB 1322 or other similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
03/12/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
03/12/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from further consideration
SB 1326 Areas of Critical State Concern by Rodriguez
Areas of Critical State Concern; Exempting a person entering into a construction contract with Habitat for Humanity International, Inc., or any of its affiliates from executing a payment and performance bond under certain circumstances; extending the timeframe for specific Florida Forever appropriations to be used for the purchase of lands in the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern; providing a limitation for additional building permit allocations, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Rules
Actions
04/10/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/14/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/14/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
HB 1339
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes by Overdorf
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes: Prohibits consideration of increase in just value of property attributable to changes or improvements made to improve property's resistance to wind damage in determinations of assessed value of certain property. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/07/2025
House State Affairs Committee
HOUSE On Committee agenda - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, 04/09/25, 8:00 am, 17 H
04/09/2025 HOUSE Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/09/2025 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
HB 1345 Infrastructure and Resiliency by LaMarca
Infrastructure and Resiliency: Provides that DEP has exclusive authority to execute coastal resiliency projects through public-private partnerships; authorizes department to take certain actions to encourage investment from private sector in coastal resiliency projects; requires department to publish certain information on its website. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
SB 1392
Actions
04/01/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/02/2025
HOUSE References to Government Operations Subcommittee, Budget Committee removed; Reference to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee added; Remaining references: Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee, State Affairs Committee
04/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee
Special Districts by Truenow
Special Districts; Repealing a provision relating to a requirement that special districts establish goals, objectives, and performance measures to assess the performance of district programs and activities and publish an annual report concerning the goals and objectives the district achieved and failed to achieve, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
02/26/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules
HB 1397 Transportation by Abbott
Transportation: Authorizes Secretary of Transportation to appoint certain officers; revises provisions relating to FTC; creates Florida Transportation Research Institute & Florida Transportation Academy & provides functions & requirements for each; revises provisions relating to project funding & funding prioritization, DOT responsibilities, Florida Seaport Transportation & Economic Development Council, commercial service airports, private airports of public interest, reporting requirements, advanced air mobility, performance & productivity measures, & permitting; removes provisions relating to social & economically disadvantaged business enterprises; provides certain authorities power to take certain actions through interlocal agreement; authorizes DOT to require amount of certain bonds be less than certain amount; revises budgetary procedures for DOT; requires EOG to modify approved operating budget for fixed capital outlay expenditures; revises requirements & provides certain conditions for issuance of permit for certain new signs on public rights-of-way; repeals provisions relating to highoccupancy-vehicle lanes, socially & economically disadvantaged business enterprises, penalties for false representation of such enterprises, contract awards to such enterprises, & electric vehicle charging stations & infrastructure plan development. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
HB 1401
Actions
04/17/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/17/2025 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
04/24/2025 HOUSE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
Residential Property Appraisal by Miller
Residential Property
Appraisal: Requires that certain insurers' appraisal process make certain
valuations to provide specified coverage. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/27/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025
House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee; State Administration Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
SB 1424 K-12 School Transportation by Collins
K-12 School Transportation; Requiring school districts to provide transportation to students in kindergarten through grade 12 under certain circumstances; requiring district school boards to provide transportation to students in kindergarten through grade 12 who live more than 1 mile from the nearest appropriate school; requiring the use of artificial intelligence programs for specified purposes within a certain timeframe of such programs being made available; revising the criteria for walkways parallel and perpendicular to the road to be considered a hazardous walking condition, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
Actions
02/26/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
HB 1427 Health Care by Griffitts Jr.
Health Care: Revises eligibility requirements for Florida Reimbursement Assistance for Medical Education Program; creates Rural Access to Primary & Preventive Care Grant Program & Stroke, Cardiac, & Obstetric Response and Education Grant Program within DOH; authorizes Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided in mobile dental unit that is owned by, operated by, or contracted with health access setting or another similar setting or program; requires health care practitioner to notify patient in writing upon referring patient to certain providers; requires certain health insurers to apply payments for services provided by nonpreferred providers toward insureds' deductibles & out-ofpocket maximums if specified conditions are met; revises provisions relating to dental therapy. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
No Current Committee Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/25/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (584287); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 78 Yeas / 28 Nays)
04/25/2025 HOUSE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/25/2025 SENATE In Messages
SB 1436
Sanitary and Stormwater System Standards by McClain
Sanitary and Stormwater System Standards; Requiring that all sanitary and stormwater systems in counties and municipalities, respectively, comply with specified state Department of Transportation standards for certain elements; providing inspection requirements for such systems; specifying that certain local standards are superseded, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
HB 1459
Actions
02/26/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules
SB 1474
My Safe Florida Home Program: Provides for wind & flood damage mitigation grants under My Safe Florida Home Program; provides requirements for eligibility & application for wind & flood mitigation inspections; requires DFS to contract with wind & flood certification entities to provide mitigation inspections; provides details for maximum state contribution to mitigation grants. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025
House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee; State Administration Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Private Provider Building Inspection Services by DiCeglie
Private Provider Building Inspection Services; Requiring that the Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board include a specified number of members who are private providers or who are employed by private provider firms; requiring that the Florida Building Commission include a specified number of members who are private providers or who are employed by private provider firms; requiring that building code inspection services provided by a private provider be the subject of an agreement, rather than a written contract, between the provider or provider’s firm and the fee owner or fee owner’s contractor, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/26/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025
SB 1496
Senate Community Affairs
SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
State Renewable Energy Goals by Berman
State Renewable Energy Goals; Revising the definitions of the terms “biomass” and “renewable energy”; prohibiting the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products in certain locations; prohibiting the permitting and construction of certain structures intended for the drilling or exploration for, or production or transport of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products in certain locations; providing for statewide net zero carbon emissions by a specified date; directing the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with other state agencies, Florida College System institutions and state universities, public utilities, and other private and public entities, to develop a unified statewide plan to generate the state’s electricity from renewable energy and reduce the state’s carbon emissions by specified dates, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
SB 1500 Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination by Davis
Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination; Requiring landlords to provide certain tenants a specified amount of time to vacate the premises after delivery of a notice to terminate the rental agreement before bringing a specified action, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Judiciary
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
SB 1518
Activities of Special Districts by Ávila
Activities of Special Districts; Authorizing certain special districts to jointly enter into, participate in, establish, or control specified joint relationships or collaborations if a certain determination is made by such districts; authorizing such districts to exercise such powers regardless of certain consequences as a result of exercising such power, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 1532
Actions
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Health Policy; Rules
Executive Branch by McClain
Executive Branch; Revising policies regarding equal employment opportunity in state government; repealing a provision relating to utilization of minority business enterprises in contracts for public construction works; revising provisions governing preferences for Florida-based businesses in procurement; repealing a provision relating to the certification of minority business enterprises; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action against a vendor or affiliate that violates specified provisions, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025
SB 1548
HB 1561
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Florida Building Code by Leek
Florida Building Code; Requiring local governments to use certain excess funds from fees collected for code enforcement to perform necessary services or repairs on their stormwater management systems; prohibiting a local government from receiving state funds for that purpose if the local government has such excess funds; prohibiting a local government from receiving state funds through a local funding initiative unless it has expended all funds and has no excess funds available for stormwater management systems improvements, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
SB 1562
Actions
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
Adoption of Comprehensive Plan Amendments by Sapp
Adoption of Comprehensive Plan Amendments: Revises expedited state review process for adoption of comprehensive plan amendments. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Security Deposits by Smith (C)
Security Deposits; Prohibiting a security deposit paid in connection with a residential tenancy which is
collected before occupancy from exceeding the equivalent of 1 month’s rent; prohibiting such security deposit that is paid during the term of the lease from exceeding a specified percentage of the equivalent of 1 month’s rent, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
Senate Judiciary
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 1571 Official Actions of Local Governments with Respect to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Black
Official Actions of Local Governments with Respect to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from taking official action as it relates to diversity, equity, & inclusion; provides penalty; authorizes cause of action against counties & municipalities, respectively, that take such action; defines "diversity, equity, & inclusion." Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
SB 1572 Adaptive Reuse of Land by Collins
Adaptive Reuse of Land; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize certain allowable uses for the development of adaptive reuse projects; requiring the Adaptive Reuse PublicPrivate Partnership Council to perform a certain evaluation as it relates to the reduction in parking; authorizing a board of county commissioners and a municipal governing body, respectively, to adopt an ordinance for transitional housing for a specified purpose; creating the “Adaptive Reuse Initiative Act”, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
HB 1575 Water Quality Improvements by Driskell
Water Quality Improvements: Requires OPPAGA to conduct study of prevalence & effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; specifies information to be included in study; requires OPPAGA to consult with interested entities in conducting study; requires OPPAGA to submit study to Governor & Legislature by specified date; requires DEP to consider & prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; provides requirements for DOH, FWCC, & WMDs relating to harmful algal blooms; requires submission of plan relating to prevention & mitigation of harmful effects of blue-green algal blooms to certain entities by specified date; requires specified entities to provide schedule for implementing plan; requires DACS & SFWMD to take specified actions to ensure nitrogen levels continue to drop in Lake Okeechobee; requires DEP & SJRWMD to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in Upper St. Johns River Basin; provides reporting requirements. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
HB 1579
Farming Community High-speed Broadband Development Incentives by Driskell
Farming Community High-speed Broadband Development Incentives: Creates a state-funded grant program with Office of Broadband to fund broadband infrastructure projects in underserved farming communities; provides eligibility criteria; specifies limits on annual funding; requires funding recipients to providing annual reports containing specified information; requires office to conduct performance audits; authorizes farmers in underserved farming communities to receive specified tax credits if certain conditions are met; specifies projects eligible for tax credits; requires Office of Broadband to conduct specified public awareness campaigns & provide technical training programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025
House Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
SB 1580 Infrastructure and Resiliency by Rodriguez
Infrastructure and Resiliency; Granting the Department of Environmental Protection the exclusive authority to execute coastal resiliency projects through public-private partnerships; authorizing the department to take certain actions to encourage investment from the private sector in coastal resiliency projects, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 K
04/21/2025 SENATE Favorable by Rules; 23 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
SB 1592 Housing by Davis
Housing; Citing this act as the “Keep Floridians Housed Act”; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights; providing requirements for rental agreements; creating the “End Junk Fees for Renters Act”; prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant or terminating a rental agreement because the tenant or the tenant’s minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; authorizing municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
HB 1593
Actions
02/27/2025 SENATE Filed
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
Ownership of Single-family Residential Property by Business Entities by Joseph
Ownership of Single-family Residential Property by Business Entities: Prohibits certain business entities from purchasing, acquiring, or otherwise obtaining certain property & subsequently leasing or renting such property; specifies that certain sellers are not liable for certain violations; authorizes Attorney General to bring civil action; provides remedies. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
HOUSE Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Civil Justice & Claims
03/05/2025 Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
SB 1594 Housing by McClain
Housing; Providing and revising definitions; revising eligibility requirements for a specified affordable housing tax exemption; authorizing certain adaptive reuse projects to be eligible for a certain tax exemption; requiring a taxing authority to conduct an assessment on the need for certain affordable housing and present the assessment at a specified meeting; authorizing certain developments to abate certain future ad valorem property taxes by paying a specified amount at the time a building permit is issued; creating the "Florida Housing Revitalization Act', etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Community Affairs
Actions
03/06/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
03/20/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 37 S
03/25/2025 SENATE Not Considered by Community Affairs
HB 1595 Solar Facilities by Koster
Solar Facilities: Authorizes county to adopt ordinance requiring that certain solar facilities be properly decommissioned; authorizes county to presume that solar facility has reached end of its useful life; authorizes solar facility owner to rebut presumption in certain manner; authorizes county to require certain financial assurance & certain updates from solar facility owner; authorizes county to take action to complete decommissioning of solar facility; requires county to allow solar facility owner specified amount of time to commence & complete decommissioning before taking such action. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Commerce Committee
Actions
04/01/2025 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/02/2025
HOUSE Reference to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee removed; Reference to Commerce Committee added; Remaining references: Commerce Committee, State Affairs Committee
04/02/2025 HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
HB 1599 Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials by Black
Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials: Prohibits certain acts concerning historic monuments & memorials on public property; provides for standing to bring civil actions; provides civil penalties for officials who engage in certain actions; provides local government is liable in certain instances; requires state to restore or relocate monument or memorial in certain circumstances; prohibits distribution of funding to local governments until they reimburse state; authorizes removal or temporary relocation of monument or memorial in certain instances provided certain requirements are met; specifies certain duties of Division of Historical Resources & Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Actions
02/28/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
SB 1622 Beaches by Trumbull
Beaches; Repealing a provision relating to the establishment of recreational customary use of beaches; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to adopt the erosion control line by resolution in certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to
proceed with certain beach restoration projects, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
04/24/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 35 Yeas / 2 Nays)
04/24/2025 HOUSE In Messages
SB 1624 Higher Education by Calatayud
Higher Education; Authorizing the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to develop contracts or agreements with institutions in the State University System for a specified purpose; providing tuition assistance to active members of the Florida State Guard; specifying that the President of the University of Florida appoints the members of the scientific advisory council within the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; revising the qualifications for members of the Assistive Technology Advisory Council; revising the date by which the Department of Education is required to publish an annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; authorizing Florida College System institutions with a certain number of full-time equivalent students to enter into cooperative agreements to form a state college regional consortium service organization, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 SENATE Retained on Special Order Calendar
04/24/2025 SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
04/24/2025 SENATE Retained on Special Order Calendar
SB 1642 High-speed Broadband Development Incentives by Bernard
High-speed Broadband Development Incentives; Creating the “Rural Connectivity Innovation Act”; creating a state-funded grant program within the Florida Office of Broadband; requiring the office to give funding priority to specified partnerships and organizations; authorizing farmers in underserved farming communities to receive specified tax credits if certain conditions are met, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/28/2025 SENATE Filed
03/07/2025
Senate Commerce and Tourism
SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
SB 1646 Water Quality Improvements by Berman
Water Quality Improvements; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study of the prevalence and effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in the Upper St. Johns River Basin, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/28/2025 SENATE Filed
03/07/2025
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
SB 1662 Transportation by Collins
Transportation; Authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to appoint a specified number of assistant secretaries; creating the Florida Transportation Research Institute; providing that certain spaceport and space industry-related facility projects and commercial shipbuilding and manufacturing facility projects are eligible for grant funding under the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program; authorizing the department, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Environmental Protection, to fund certain infrastructure projects and projects associated with certain critical infrastructure projects; requiring airports to provide the Department of Transportation with the opportunity to use certain airport property for a specified purpose during a declared state of emergency; creating a rural transit operating block grant program to be administered by the department, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/23/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (417336, 272764); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/23/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/23/2025 HOUSE In Messages
SB 1664 Local Option Taxes by Trumbull
Local Option Taxes; Requiring that specified taxes be renewed or reenacted by an ordinance in a specified manner; requiring that specified taxes have an expiration date and are subject to approval in a specified manner; requiring that specified taxes be reenacted by an ordinance in a specified manner; requiring that specified taxes be renewed or continued by an ordinance in a specified manner, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
SB 1694
Actions
04/17/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 S
04/22/2025 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations; 11 Yeas, 6 Nays
04/22/2025 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting by Fine
Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting; Prohibiting an awarding body from giving preference to a vendor on the basis of race or ethnicity; repealing provisions relating to minority participation for lottery retailers; deleting duties and responsibilities of the Office of Supplier Diversity to conform to its repeal by the act; repealing provisions relating to the procurement of personal property and services from funds set aside for minority business enterprises; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Supplier Diversity, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
03/25/2025 SENATE Not Considered by Governmental Oversight and Accountability
04/07/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
04/07/2025 SENATE Withdrawn from further consideration
SB 1714 Local Housing Assistance Plans by Burton
Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners for a specified time period; requiring each county and eligible municipality to include in its local housing assistance plan certain strategies; providing that lot rental assistance for eligible mobile home owners is an approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to provide certain funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency repairs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
SB 1730
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Rules
Actions
04/07/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 110 S
04/10/2025 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/10/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
Affordable Housing by Calatayud
Affordable Housing; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential as allowable uses in portions of flexibly zoned areas under certain circumstances; prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring that more than a specified percentage of a mixeduse residential project be used for certain purposes; authorizing the use of a specified approval process for a proposed development on a parcel of land primarily developed and maintained for specified facilities; revising the maximum hurricane evacuation clearance time for permanent residents, which time is an element for which amendments to local comprehensive plans in the Florida Keys Area must be reviewed for compliance; providing that it is unlawful to discriminate in land use decisions or in the permitting of development based on the specified nature of a development or proposed development, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
Actions
04/16/2025 SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (328892); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/16/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/16/2025 HOUSE In Messages
SB 1738 Transportation Concurrency by Ingoglia
Transportation Concurrency; Revising facilities required to be identified in the capital improvements element of a comprehensive plan that imposes transportation concurrency, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Rules
Actions
03/26/2025 SENATE Now in Rules
04/03/2025 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 K
04/08/2025 SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Rules
SB 1784
Sewer Collection Systems by Pizzo
Sewer Collection Systems; Authorizing municipalities to use certain funds for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/20/2025
Senate Community Affairs
SENATE On Committee agenda - Environment and Natural Resources, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 110 S
03/25/2025 SENATE Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/25/2025 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
SB 1792 Dry Sandy Beaches by Gruters
Dry Sandy Beaches; Revising the definition of the term “conservation purposes”; revising requirements for tax exemptions for certain real property; revising the goal of a comprehensive, statewide 5-year plan
SB 1810
to conserve, restore, and protect certain lands; requiring the Division of State Lands and the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas to establish a pilot program to conduct an inventory of dry sandy beaches in preparation for a specified application, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Finance and Tax
Actions
03/25/2025 SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/25/2025 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/26/2025 SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
Ownership of Single-family Residential Property by Business Entities by Smith (C)
Ownership of Single-family Residential Property by Business Entities; Defining the terms “business entity” and “single-family residential property”; prohibiting certain business entities from purchasing, acquiring, or otherwise obtaining certain property and subsequently leasing or renting such property; specifying that certain sellers are not liable for certain violations, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Senate Commerce and Tourism
Actions
02/28/2025 SENATE Filed
03/07/2025 SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules
SB 1816 Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials by McClain
Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials; Citing this act as the "Historic Florida Monuments and Memorials Protection Act"; preempting all removal, damage, and destruction of historic Florida monuments and memorials; providing that any existing or future ordinance, regulation, or rule to the contrary, and certain actions by elected or appointed local government officials, are void; providing that it is no defense that a local government was acting in good faith or upon the advice of counsel; prohibiting the use of public funds to defend or reimburse unlawful conduct of certain persons, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference: Actions
03/07/2025
03/20/2025
03/25/2025
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules
SENATE On Committee agenda - Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 S
SENATE Temporarily Postponed with Amendment adopted by Governmental Oversight and Accountability
SB 1846 One Water Approach to Water Resource Management by Truenow
One Water Approach to Water Resource Management ; Expressing support for a One Water approach to water resource management and the use of collaborative, integrated, and resilience systems approaches to planning for and funding water resource projects, etc.
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
03/04/2025 SENATE Filed
No Current Committee
SB 2506 Natural Resources by Appropriations
Natural Resources; Revising requirements for applications for full fee simple acquisition projects; revising the entities that certain state agencies may contract with; revising the scoring system for assessing project eligibility for inclusion in the statewide flooding and sea-level rise plan; revising the schedule for the distribution of funds from the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
No
Current Committee
Actions
04/09/2025 HOUSE Bill referred to House Calendar
04/09/2025
HOUSE Substituted for HB 5011; Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (169279); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 97 Yeas / 12 Nays); Passed the Senate bill as amended by House and we accede to conference
04/10/2025 SENATE In returning messages
HB 4001 Lee County by Giallombardo
Lee County: Amends Lee County Home Rule Charter to provide requirements for single-member districts; requires referendum. Effective Date: 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,
Current Committee of Reference:
No
Current Committee
HB 6001
Actions
04/24/2025 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 94 Yeas / 11 Nays)
04/24/2025 SENATE In Messages
04/24/2025 SENATE Received; Referred to Rules
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
12/10/2024 HOUSE Filed
HB 6009
No Current Committee
01/02/2025 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment by Cross
State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment: Removes provisions preempting to the state the regulation of certain hoisting equipment. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
HB 6023
Actions
01/24/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/06/2025 HOUSE Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/06/2025 HOUSE Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
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
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
02/19/2025 HOUSE Filed
02/26/2025
House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
HOUSE Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
02/26/2025 HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
HB 6029 Performance Measures and Standards of Special Districts by Greco
HB 6031
Performance Measures and Standards of Special Districts: Repeals provisions relating to special districts & performance measures & standards. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
HB 6043
Actions
02/25/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Tourist Development Taxes by Eskamani
Tourist Development Taxes: Deletes provision requiring specified percentage of all tourist development tax revenues to be used to promote & advertise tourism. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Current Committee of Reference:
House Ways & Means Committee
SB 7002
Actions
02/25/2025 HOUSE Filed
03/05/2025 HOUSE Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
03/05/2025 HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Recreational Customary Use of Beaches by Andrade
Recreational Customary Use of Beaches: Repeals provisions relating to establishment of recreational customary use of beaches. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference:
No Current Committee
BUC6
Actions
04/04/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Judiciary Committee, 04/08/25, 8:00 am, 404 H
04/08/2025 HOUSE Favorable by Judiciary Committee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/08/2025 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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 certain ad valorem taxes on specified property for certain purposes, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Current Committee of Reference:
Actions
04/09/2025
No Current Committee
SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (712752, 205560); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/2025 SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/09/2025 HOUSE In Messages
Funding for Environmental Resource Management by Budget Committee
PCB BUC 25-06 - Funding for Environmental Resource Management
Current Committee of Reference:
House Budget Committee
Actions
03/31/2025 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Budget Committee, 04/02/25, 8:00 am, 212 K
04/02/2025 HOUSE Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Budget Committee; 25 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/02/2025 HOUSE Committee Bill Filed as HB 5011
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