APA Florida Legislative Report Ordered by Bill Number SB 0034
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 under certain conditions, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/04/2025
SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Identical HB 0425 SB 0048
Historic Cemeteries Program (Aristide)
Housing by Gaetz Housing; Authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; defining the term “primary dwelling unit”; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; 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: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/10/2025
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 12/12/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
Compare HB 0313 HB 0053
Housing (Nix, Jr.)
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, 2026 Actions 10/07/2025
SB 0056
HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Residential Impacts from Mining Activities by Sharief Residential Impacts from Mining Activities; Citing this act as the “Residential Blasting Safety and Transparency Act”; providing that the Division of State Fire Marshal retains sole and exclusive authority to adopt standards, limits, and regulations for explosives used for certain mining activities; requiring certain persons to monitor and record blast sites; revising the administrative procedures and remedies for filing a petition for alleged damage due to the use of explosives in connection with construction materials, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 10/06/2025
HB 0087
SENATE Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses by Brackett Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses: Revises service area square footage & capacity of bona fide food service establishment that may be issued special license. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions
10/14/2025
HOUSE Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Identical SB 0392 HB 0097
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses (Leek)
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, 2026 Actions 12/11/2025
HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
Identical SB 0324 HB 0103
Transportation Concurrency (McClain)
Local Business Taxes by Botana Local Business Taxes: Repeals provisions related to local business taxes & authorizes certain municipalities to continue to impose business taxes. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/10/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Compare SB 0650
Local Business Taxes (Bernard)
Similar SB 0122 HB 0105
Local Business Taxes (Truenow)
Local Government Enforcement Actions by Brackett Local Government Enforcement Actions: Prohibits certain enforcement actions by counties, municipalities, & special districts; authorizes persons or business entities subject to such actions to submit request for review; requires counties, municipalities, & special districts to review such actions & respond within specified time period; authorizes filing of legal action & provides legal remedies; provides for certain protections from retaliation; provides for preemption. Effective Date: October 1, 2026 Actions 10/14/2025
HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Identical SB 0588 SB 0110
Local Government Enforcement Actions (McClain)
Homestead Exemptions by Arrington Homestead Exemptions; Revising the circumstances under which a person may be deemed to have legal or beneficial and equitable title to certain property for homestead exemption purposes, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Actions 11/12/2025
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 11/14/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
Identical HB 0227 SB 0122
Eligibility of Leasehold Interests for Homestead Exemptions (Maney)
Local Business Taxes by Truenow Local Business Taxes; Repealing provisions relating to local business taxes; authorizing certain municipalities to continue to impose a business tax; authorizing such municipalities to revise the definition of the term “merchant” in a specified manner, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Actions 12/10/2025
SENATE Now in Finance and Tax
Compare SB 0650
Local Business Taxes (Bernard)
Similar HB 0103 HB 0123
Local Business Taxes (Botana)
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 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, 2026 Actions 10/14/2025
SB 0146
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Use of Artificial Intelligence by State Agencies by Harrell Use of Artificial Intelligence by State Agencies; Requiring the Florida Digital Service to conduct a certain study, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Actions 10/21/2025
HB 0149
SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Maximum Millage Rates for the 2027-2028 Fiscal Year by Chamberlin Maximum Millage Rates for the 2027-2028 Fiscal Year: Provides method for determining the maximum county & school millage rates for fiscal year 2027-2028; provides for future repeal. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 10/21/2025
SB 0168
HOUSE Now in Select Committee on Property Taxes
Public Nuisances by Truenow Public Nuisances; Revising the list of places that may be declared a public nuisance to include the site of a gambling house; revising provisions relating to the assessment and collection of fines for public nuisances; deleting a limit on the total amount of fines that may be imposed on a public nuisance, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/09/2025
SENATE Now in Community Affairs
Similar HB 0481 HB 0193
Public Nuisance Abatement (Booth)
Utilities by Boyles Utilities: Authorizes counties to adopt ordinance for decommissioning of certain solar facilities; provides
for rebuttal of certain presumptions; requires DEP to develop, revise, & update best management practices for construction of solar facilities; requires solar facility operators to implement specified BMPs; revises factors that PSC must consider in reviewing such plans; requires PSC to submit proposed rule for adoption by specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 10/21/2025
HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Identical SB 0200 SB 0200
Utilities (Bradley)
Utilities by Bradley Utilities; Authorizing a county to adopt an ordinance for the decommissioning of certain solar facilities that have reached the end of their useful life; authorizing a county to require financial assurance from a solar facility owner to establish that the solar facility owner has the capability to satisfy the estimated cost of decommissioning the solar facility; requiring that improvements included in certain transmission and distribution storm protection plans have forecasted customer benefits that exceed their forecasted cost, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/10/2025
SENATE Now in Community Affairs
Identical HB 0193 HB 0201
Utilities (Boyles)
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads by Steele Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to exempt homestead property from all ad valorem taxation other than school district levies, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date. Actions 12/02/2025
HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Compare
HB 0203
HB 0203
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Miller)
HB 0205
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older (Porras)
HB 0207
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (Abbott)
HB 0209
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax (Busatta)
HB 0211
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax (Overdorf)
HB 0213
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases (Griffitts Jr.)
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads by Miller Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase the exemption for homestead property from all ad valorem taxation other than school district levies annually for 10 years by a certain amount, to make homestead property exempt from all ad valorem taxation other than school district levies beginning in a specified year, to prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date. Actions 11/20/2025
HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Compare HB 0201
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Steele)
HB 0205
HB 0205
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older (Porras)
HB 0207
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (Abbott)
HB 0209
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax (Busatta)
HB 0211
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax (Overdorf)
HB 0213
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases (Griffitts Jr.)
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older by Porras Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to exempt homestead property from all levies other than school district levies for persons who have attained age 65, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date. Actions 12/02/2025
HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Compare
HB 0207
HB 0201
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Steele)
HB 0203
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Miller)
HB 0207
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (Abbott)
HB 0209
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax (Busatta)
HB 0211
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax (Overdorf)
HB 0213
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases (Griffitts Jr.)
SB 0270
Homestead Property Exemption for Persons Age 65 or Older (Bernard)
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax by Abbott Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to add a homestead exemption for levies other than school levies equal to 25 percent of the remaining assessed value after applying existing exemptions, provide construction, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date. Actions 11/20/2025
HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Compare
SB 0208
HB 0201
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Steele)
HB 0203
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Miller)
HB 0205
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older (Porras)
HB 0209
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax (Busatta)
HB 0211
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax (Overdorf)
HB 0213
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases (Griffitts Jr.)
Land Use and Development Regulations by McClain Land Use and Development Regulations; Prohibiting local land development regulations from requiring the denial of, or conditioning or delaying the approval of, residential development on the basis of a lack of compatibility under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which land development regulations may be applied to a single-family or two-family dwelling; prohibiting local land development regulations from conditioning the approval of an application for certain residential development on the
payment of certain fees, charges, or exactions; requiring that a fee or charge imposed by a local government in connection with the review, processing, or inspection of a residential development application meet certain requirements, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 11/19/2025
SENATE Now in Judiciary
Compare HB 0399 HB 0209
Land Use and Development Regulations (Borrero)
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax by Busatta Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase by $200,000 the exemption for homestead property from all ad valorem taxation other than school district levies for homestead properties that have property insurance, to prohibit local governments from reducing total funding for first responders, and to provide an effective date. Effective Date: Not Specified Actions 12/11/2025
HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Compare
HB 0211
HB 0201
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Steele)
HB 0203
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Miller)
HB 0205
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older (Porras)
HB 0207
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (Abbott)
HB 0211
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax (Overdorf)
HB 0213
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases (Griffitts Jr.)
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax by Overdorf Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase the maximum value of the accrued Save-Our-Homes benefit which may be transferred to a new homestead for all levies other than school district levies, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date. Actions 12/02/2025
HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Compare
HB 0213
HB 0201
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Steele)
HB 0203
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Miller)
HB 0205
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older (Porras)
HB 0207
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (Abbott)
HB 0209
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax (Busatta)
HB 0213
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases (Griffitts Jr.)
Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases by Griffitts Jr. Modification of Limitations on Property Assessment Increases: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to modify limitations on assessment increases for both homestead and nonhomestead property, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date. Actions
11/20/2025
HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Compare
SB 0214
HB 0201
Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Steele)
HB 0203
Phased Out Elimination of Non-school Property Tax for Homesteads (Miller)
HB 0205
Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older (Porras)
HB 0207
Assessed Home Value Homestead Exemption of Non-school Property Tax (Abbott)
HB 0209
Property Insurance Relief Homestead Exemption Non-school Property Tax (Busatta)
HB 0211
Accrued Save-Our-Homes Property Tax Benefit for Non-school Property Tax (Overdorf)
Special District Funding by McClain Special District Funding; Revising agency agreements that provide state financial assistance to recipients or subrecipients to include certain special districts as an entity to which such agency may provide for the payment of invoices under specified circumstances; revising the definition of “rural community” to include certain special districts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 11/03/2025
SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
Identical HB 0273 HB 0215
Special District Funding (Johnson)
Ad Valorem Taxation by Albert Ad Valorem Taxation: Revises Save-Our-Homes portability benefits available to married persons establishing joint homestead; prohibits increase in prior year’s adopted millage rate from going into effect unless approved by specified vote; authorizes DOR to adopt emergency rules; provides for future expiration. Effective Date: January 1, 2027 Actions 11/20/2025
HB 0217
HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Land Use Regulations by Abbott Land Use Regulations: Defines "impacted local government"; provides for retroactive application. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 10/28/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Identical SB 0218 SB 0218
Land Use Regulations (Gaetz)
Land Use Regulations by Gaetz Land Use Regulations; Defining the term “impacted local government”, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/03/2025
SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
Identical HB 0217 HB 0227
Land Use Regulations (Abbott)
Eligibility of Leasehold Interests for Homestead Exemptions by Maney Eligibility of Leasehold Interests for Homestead Exemptions: Revises circumstances under which persons may be deemed to have legal or beneficial & equitable title to certain property for homestead
exemption purposes. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Actions 12/10/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Identical SB 0110 HB 0239
Homestead Exemptions (Arrington)
Standards for Storm Water Systems by Grow Standards for Storm Water Systems: Requires storm water systems in counties & municipalities, respectively, to comply with specified DOT standards; provides inspection requirements for such systems; specifies that certain local standards are superseded; provides finding of important state interest. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 10/28/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Identical SB 0558 HB 0243
Standards for Storm Water Systems (Burgess)
Electric Bicycles, Scooters, and Motorcycles by Benarroch Electric Bicycles, Scooters, and Motorcycles: Requires certain crash reports to include certain information; requires state to maintain certain statistics; prohibits person from operating class 3 electric bicycle without certain license; provides requirements for such operation; prohibits certain persons from operating certain motorcycles; revises requirements for certain learner's driver license education course; requires minimum number of questions in test bank for Class E driver license to cover safe electric bicycle & motorized scooter operation; provides various penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2027 Actions 10/28/2025
HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
Identical SB 0382 SB 0250
Electric Bicycles, Scooters, And Motorcycles (Truenow)
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; revising the conditions required for a county to be considered a fiscally constrained county; creating the Office of Rural Prosperity within the Department of Commerce; requiring the Office of Rural Prosperity to administer the Renaissance Grants Program to provide block grants to eligible communities; creating the Public Infrastructure Smart Technology Grant Program within the Office of Rural Prosperity; creating the Florida Arterial Road Modernization Program within the Department of Transportation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/10/2025
SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Compare HB 0723 HB 0273
Rural Counties (Abbott)
Special District Funding by Johnson Special District Funding: Revises agency agreements that provide state financial assistance to recipients or subrecipients to include certain special districts as entity to which such agency may provide for payment of invoices; provides construction; revises definition of "rural community" to include certain special districts. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/04/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Identical SB 0214 HB 0283
Special District Funding (McClain)
School Zone and Pedestrian Safety by Alvarez, J. School Zone and Pedestrian Safety: Requires that design & construction plans for installation of crosswalks in school zones or on certain streets, roads, or highways include certain traffic control devices. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/04/2025
HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Identical SB 0498 SB 0290
School Zone and Pedestrian Safety (Rodriguez)
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by Truenow Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from enacting or enforcing any law that restricts or prohibits the use of gasoline-powered farm equipment or gasoline-powered landscape equipment or that distinguishes such equipment from any other equipment under certain circumstances; requiring the Acquisition and Restoration Council to determine whether certain surplused lands are suitable for bona fide agricultural purposes; establishing the Food Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program; revising the Florida Forest Service powers, authority, and duties; authorizing the Forest Service to manage the Welaka Training Center; establishing the Farmers Feeding Florida Program for specified purposes; limiting the number of incorporated state fair associations per county; prohibiting the possession, manufacture, sale, importation, distribution, or use of a signal jamming device, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/05/2025
SENATE Now in Fiscal Policy
Compare HB 0607
Industries and Professional Activities (Yarkosky)
Similar HB 0433 HB 0299
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Alvarez, D.)
Blue Ribbon Projects by Melo Blue Ribbon Projects: Requires that development project meet certain requirements to qualify as blue ribbon project; requires that blue ribbon project have blue ribbon plan; requires that project receive dollar-for-dollar credits from local government; specifies that project may be located on land with any future land use designation or zoning designation; prohibits required amendment of comprehensive plan or required rezoning for approval of project; authorizes landowner to apply to local government for approval of project; requires applicant to record plan for approved project in public records of county in which project property is located; authorizes applicant to appeal denial of project application to Department of Commerce; authorizes person whose substantial interests are or may be affected by approval of project to file petition with Department of Commerce. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/12/2025
HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Similar SB 0354 HB 0313
Blue Ribbon Projects (McClain)
Housing by Nix, Jr. Housing: Requires, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by specified date, ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; requires that such ordinances apply prospectively; prohibits inclusion of certain requirements or prohibitions in such ordinances; removes requirement that application for building permit to construct accessory dwelling unit include certain affidavit; revises accessory dwelling units that apply toward satisfying certain component of local government's
comprehensive plan; prohibits denial of homestead exemption for certain portions of property on specified basis; requires that rented accessory dwelling unit be assessed separately from homestead property & taxed according to its use; 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; requires OPPAGA to evaluate efficacy of using mezzanine finance & potential of tiny homes for specified purposes; requires office to consult with certain entities; requires office to submit certain report to Legislature by specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/11/2025
HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Compare SB 0048 SB 0332
Housing (Gaetz)
Public Meetings by Bradley Public Meetings; Providing that specified entities may meet in private with their attorneys to discuss certain claims concerning private property rights; requiring that such meetings be transcribed; providing that such transcripts become public records at specified times, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 11/17/2025
SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
Identical HB 0655 HB 0335
Pub. Meetings/Attorney Meetings to Discuss Private Property Rights Claims (Duggan)
Spaceport Operations by Kendall Spaceport Operations: Requires Space Florida to enhance & promote development & use of quintimodal transportation hubs in this state; provides powers & duties of spaceport operators; revises composition of Space Florida board of directors. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/12/2025
HB 0337
HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
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, 2026 Actions 11/12/2025
HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Identical SB 0852 SB 0354
Food Insecure Areas (Jones)
Blue Ribbon Projects by McClain Blue Ribbon Projects; Requiring that a development project meet certain requirements to qualify as a blue ribbon project; specifying maximum residential density and nonresidential intensity permitted within the development area of a blue ribbon project; requiring that a blue ribbon project have a blue ribbon plan; requiring that a project receive dollar-for-dollar credits from a local government under certain circumstances; specifying that a project may be located on land with any future land use designation or zoning designation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 11/17/2025 Similar
SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
HB 0299 SB 0378
Blue Ribbon Projects (Melo)
Special Districts by Truenow Special Districts; Repealing a provision relating to special districts and performance measures and standards, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Actions 11/17/2025
SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules
Identical HB 6005 SB 0380
Special Districts (Greco)
Legal Notices by Trumbull Legal Notices; Revising the definition of the terms “governmental agency” and “publicly accessible website”; authorizing a governmental agency to use its own publicly accessible website or the publicly accessible website of the county in which it lies to publish specified advertisements and notices, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/05/2025
SB 0382
SENATE Now in Community Affairs
Electric Bicycles, Scooters, And Motorcycles by Truenow Electric Bicycles, Scooters, And Motorcycles; Defining the term “electric motorcycle”; providing penalties for knowingly modifying an electric bicycle; prohibiting a person from operating a class 3 electric bicycle without a certain license; requiring a minimum number of questions in the test bank for a Class E driver license to cover safe electric bicycle and motorized scooter operation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2027 Actions 11/17/2025
SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
Identical HB 0243 SB 0392
Electric Bicycles, Scooters, and Motorcycles (Benarroch)
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses by Leek Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revising the service area square footage and capacity of a bona fide food service establishment that may be issued a special beverage license, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 11/17/2025
SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
Identical HB 0087 HB 0399
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses (Brackett)
Land Use and Development Regulations by Borrero Land Use and Development Regulations: Prohibits local governments from adopting certain local land development regulations; establishes requirements for certain local land development regulations that impose fee, charge, or exaction; declares certain local land development regulations null & void; requires OPPAGA to perform study to identify effect of removing Urban Development Boundary or similar boundaries in Miami-Dade County and other counties; requiring OPPAGA to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/18/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Compare SB 0208 HB 0425
Land Use and Development Regulations (McClain)
Historic Cemeteries Program by Aristide Historic Cemeteries Program: Requires local governments to approve applications from historic AfricanAmerican cemeteries to change land use category & zoning district of excess vacant land under certain conditions. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/24/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Identical SB 0034 HB 0433
Historic Cemeteries Program (Sharief)
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by Alvarez, D. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Prohibits counties & municipalities from enacting or enforcing any law that restricts or prohibits use of gasoline-powered farm equipment or gasolinepowered landscape equipment or that distinguishes such equipment from any other equipment; requires Acquisition & Restoration Council to determine whether certain surplused lands are suitable for bona fide agricultural purposes; prohibits local governmental entity from transferring future development rights for surplused lands determined to be suitable for bona fide agricultural purposes; requires DEP, in coordination with DACS, to determine whether state-owned conservation lands are suitable for bona fide agricultural purposes; authorizes DEP to surplus specified state-owned lands determined to be suitable for bona fide agricultural purposes; prohibits person from wearing or displaying item that displays words "concealed weapon permit" or "concealed weapon permit holder" with intent to mislead another to believe that person is authorized to wear or display such item; prohibits possession, manufacture, sale, importation, distribution, or use of signal jamming device. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/24/2025
HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
Compare HB 0607
Industries and Professional Activities (Yarkosky)
Similar SB 0290 SB 0434
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Truenow)
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 the consideration of the increase in just value of a property which is 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: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/10/2025
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 12/12/25, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
Identical HB 0617 HB 0441
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes (Overdorf)
Conservation Lands by Kendall Conservation Lands: Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council
meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/24/2025
HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Identical SB 0546 SB 0454
Conservation Lands (Mayfield)
Tourist Development Taxes by Smith Tourist Development Taxes; Deleting a provision requiring that a specified percentage of all tourist development tax revenues be used to promote and advertise tourism, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/01/2025
SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Identical HB 6007 HB 0455
Tourist Development Taxes (Eskamani)
Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials by Black Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials: Preempts all removal, damage to, or destruction of historic Florida monuments & memorials; provides that any existing or future ordinance, regulation, or rule to contrary, & certain actions by elected or appointed local government officials, are void; prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing specified ordinances, regulations, or rules; provides penalties; requires DOS to withhold certain funding from local government; authorizes local government to temporarily remove & relocate monument or memorial in certain instances; authorizes Division of Historical Resources of DOS to request certain recommendations from Florida Historical Commission & Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Actions 11/24/2025
HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
Similar SB 0496 SB 0456
Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials (McClain)
The Tourist Development Tax by Smith Tourist Development Tax; Authorizing the use of proceeds from the tourist development tax to fund public safety improvements, affordable housing, and workforce housing, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/01/2025
SB 0458
SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Tourist Development Tax by Smith Tourist Development Tax; Revising the percentage of tourist development tax revenues that must be spent to promote and advertise tourism in order for any tourist development tax revenues to be used for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/01/2025
HB 0479
SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Land and Water Management by Maggard Land and Water Management: Prohibits counties & municipalities from adopting laws, regulations, rules, or policies relating to water quality or quantity, pollution control, discharge prevention or removal, or
wetlands & preempts such regulation to the state; requires DEP to notify CFO of certain violations; requires CFO to withhold certain funds; repeals provisions relating to land management review teams. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/24/2025
HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Identical SB 0718 HB 0481
Water Management (McClain)
Public Nuisance Abatement by Booth Public Nuisance Abatement: Revises provisions relating to assessment & collection of fines for public nuisances; removes limit on total amount of fines that may be imposed on public nuisance. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/11/2025
HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Similar SB 0168 HB 0489
Public Nuisances (Truenow)
Terminology Associated with Florida Housing Finance Corporation by Owen Terminology Associated with Florida Housing Finance Corporation: Revises & provides definitions pertaining to corporation. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Actions 11/24/2025
SB 0496
HOUSE Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
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 to, or 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 civil penalties for certain officials who engage in certain actions; authorizing a local government to temporarily remove and relocate a monument or memorial in certain instances provided certain requirements are met, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Actions 12/01/2025
SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules
Similar HB 0455 SB 0498
Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials (Black)
School Zone and Pedestrian Safety by Rodriguez School Zone and Pedestrian Safety; Requiring that design and construction plans for the installation of crosswalks in school zones or on certain streets, roads, or highways include certain traffic control devices, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/01/2025
SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
Identical HB 0283 SB 0508
School Zone and Pedestrian Safety (Alvarez, J.)
Landscape Irrigation by Truenow Landscape Irrigation; Creating the “Landscape Irrigation Standards and Watering Restrictions Act”;
prohibiting a person from taking certain actions regarding a landscape irrigation system unless such person is a licensed irrigation contractor or the property owner; specifying that only a licensed irrigation contractor may connect an irrigation system to a water supply; providing a purpose for landscape irrigation system standards; creating a landscape irrigation watering schedule; providing for the enforcement of the act, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/01/2025
SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
Identical HB 0611 HB 0543
Landscape Irrigation (Cobb)
Transportation by McFarland Transportation: Requires DOT to increase minimum perception reaction time of all steady yellow signals by specified amount of time; requires licensing, rather than registration, of motor carriers & fuel tax decals, rather than identifying devices, for motor carriers; revises various provisions relating to qualified motor vehicles, motor carriers, fuel tax decals, & temporary fuel-use permits; revises reporting periods & due dates for motor fuel use tax returns & requires such returns to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; requires certain seaports to submit annual report describing measures taken to support commercial space launch industry to chair of Space Florida board of directors beginning on specified date; prohibits certain seaports from converting planned or existing land, facilities, or infrastructure that supports cargo purposes unless specified conditions are met; requires legislative approval for use of state funds for specified projects; authorizes private entity to install automated license plate recognition system for use on certain property; requires motor vehicle to be equipped with exhaust system to prevent excessive or unusual noise; prohibits such system from allowing noise that is audible at specified distance from vehicle; authorizes certain golf carts to be titled & registered for operation on certain roads without inspection by DHSMV; provides requirements for electronic credentialing system; authorizes DHSMV to make direct payments to certain subcontractors under specified conditions; requires DHSMV to implement Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Grant Program. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/03/2025
HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee
Compare SB 0488 SB 0546
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (Ávila)
Conservation Lands by Mayfield Conservation Lands; Requiring the Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review the proposed sale of conservation lands; requiring that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; requiring the governing board of a water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review the proposed sale or exchange of certain lands, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/09/2025
SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
Identical HB 0441 SB 0548
Conservation Lands (Kendall)
Growth Management by McClain Growth Management; Deleting an exception to an applicability provision relating to concurrency; requiring that a demonstrated-need study use plan-based methodology for a certain purpose; revising the voting threshold required for approval of an ordinance increasing an impact fee beyond certain
phase-in limitations; prohibiting local governments and school districts from increasing impact fee rates beyond certain phase-in limitations by more than a specified percentage within a certain timeframe, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/09/2025 SB 0558
SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
Standards for Storm Water Systems by Burgess Standards for Storm Water Systems; Requiring storm water systems in counties and municipalities, respectively, to comply with specified Department of Transportation standards; providing inspection requirements for such systems; specifying that certain local standards are superseded, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/09/2025
SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules
Identical HB 0239 SB 0588
Standards for Storm Water Systems (Grow)
Local Government Enforcement Actions by McClain Local Government Enforcement Actions; Prohibiting certain enforcement actions by counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively; defining the term “enforcement action”; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, to establish and maintain rules; authorizing filing of legal action and providing legal remedies in certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: October 1, 2026 Actions 12/09/2025
SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
Identical HB 0105 HB 0611
Local Government Enforcement Actions (Brackett)
Landscape Irrigation by Cobb Landscape Irrigation: Prohibits certain actions regarding landscape irrigation systems unless such actions are taken by licensed irrigation contractors or property owners; authorizes local governments or water management districts to adopt certain requirements for property owners who install such systems; provides requirements for permits, plans, equipment & capacity, maintenance, & water schedules relating to such systems; provides fines & penalties; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing certain laws, rules, or regulations; authorizes DEP to adopt rules; revises membership of Construction Industry Licensing Board. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/12/2025
HOUSE Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Identical SB 0508 HB 0617
Landscape Irrigation (Truenow)
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 which is 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, 2026 Actions 12/12/2025
HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Identical SB 0434
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes (Leek)
SB 0636
Beach Management by Leek Beach Management; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to review certain data when designating certain beaches as critically eroded and in need of restoration and nourishment; requiring that certain beaches, whose local government preserved funds for a certain purpose and which possess specified features, be designated as critically eroded; revising the list of areas that may receive designation as an area of critical state concern, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/09/2025
HB 0675
SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Affordable Housing by Driskell Affordable Housing: Revises upwards length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for specified zoning variance; requires certain incentives be used for construction of affordable housing; revises upwards length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for specified zoning variance; revises downward maximum median income used to determine eligibility for certain tax incentives; specifies that certain taxes do not apply to first-time homebuyers. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/08/2025
HOUSE Filed
Compare SB 0752
Taxation of First-time Buyers (DiCeglie)
Identical SB 0756 SB 0686
Affordable Housing (Davis)
Agricultural Enclaves by McClain Agricultural Enclaves; Authorizing owners of certain parcels to apply to the governing body of the local government for certification of such parcels as agricultural enclaves; requiring the local government to provide to the applicant a certain report within a specified timeframe; prohibiting a local government from enacting or enforcing certain laws or regulations, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/01/2025
SENATE Filed
Identical HB 0691 HB 0691
Agricultural Enclaves (Botana)
Agricultural Enclaves by Botana Agricultural Enclaves: Authorizes owners of certain parcels to apply to governing body of local government for certification of such parcels as agricultural enclaves; authorizes owner of parcel certified as agricultural enclave to submit certain development plans; requires local government to treat certain agricultural enclaves as if they are within urban service districts; requires local government & owner of parcel certified as agricultural enclave to enter certain written agreement. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/08/2025
HOUSE Filed
Identical SB 0686 HB 0701
Agricultural Enclaves (McClain)
Water Management Districts by Conerly Water Management Districts: Requires Commission on Ethics to investigate lobbyist or principal who has made prohibited expenditure & to provide Governor with report of its findings & recommendations regarding such investigation; prohibits certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; requires South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with DEP, to provide detailed report that
includes total estimated remaining cost of implementation of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan & status of applicable performance indicators for all project components; requires South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to identify certain sources of funding; authorizes water management districts to levy certain ad valorem taxes on specified property for certain purposes; requires district governing board levying ad valorem taxes for certain projects to adopt resolution approved by majority vote of voting electors in district or basin; requires that water management district's tentative budget for its proposed operations & funding requirements include district's capital improvement plan for current year & next fiscal year; requires that certain projects submitted by water management districts to department for Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan be ranked on separate list; revises list of information that must be submitted by department for each project. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/09/2025
HOUSE Filed
Compare
SB 0718
HB 0593
Governmental Agencies and Personnel (Andrade)
SB 0802
Public Officers and Employees (Mayfield)
Water Management by McClain Water Management; Prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting laws, regulations, rules, or policies relating to water quality or quantity, pollution control, pollutant discharge prevention or removal, or wetlands; preempting such regulation to the state; repealing a provision relating to land management review teams, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/03/2025
SENATE Filed
Identical HB 0479 HB 0723
Land and Water Management (Maggard)
Rural Counties by Abbott Rural Counties: Provides exemption from sales & use tax for industrial machinery & equipment used by wholesalers in fiscally constrained counties; prohibits state from purchasing certain land in fiscally constrained county; requires DEP to provide certain explanation to fiscally constrained county; increases amount of annual appropriation to Small County Road Assistance Program; authorizes specified amount from State Transportation Trust Fund to be used to fund Small County Outreach Program; requires AHCA to determine which providers in hospitals located in rural areas are essential Medicaid providers; creates Rural District Graduate Placement Incentive Pilot program within DOE; subject to legislative appropriation, requires DOE to provide certain bonus to school district or charter school located in fiscally constrained county; provides for program requirements & expiration; requires SBE to adopt rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/10/2025
HOUSE Filed
Compare SB 0250 HB 0741
Rural Communities (Simon)
Department of Commerce by Owen Department of Commerce: Exempts federal agencies from requirement that conveyance at less than appraised value must state that land will revert to board of trustees if land is not used for its intended purposes as military installation buffer or if military installation closes; revises definition of term "rural community"; repeals provisions, relating to Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act, legislative intent & purpose, definitions, Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Loan Guarantee Program, applications for grants, establishment of grant ceilings & maximum administrative cost percentages & elimination of population bias, rejection of grant applications & penalties for failure to meet application conditions, & general powers of department under s. 290.0401, respectively; designates Department of Commerce as state agency to receive federal funding from United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to administer
Community Development Block Grant Program; provides that department shall administer additional federal funding in accordance with federal law & guidance from Department of Housing & Urban Development; authorizes Department of Commerce to adopt rules; etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/11/2025 HB 0751
HOUSE Filed
Infrastructure and Resiliency by LaMarca Infrastructure and Resiliency: Revises definition of term "qualifying project"; provides that DEP has exclusive authority to execute coastal resiliency projects through public-private partnerships; authorizes DEP to take certain actions to encourage investment from private sector in coastal resiliency projects; requires DEP to publish certain information on its website. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Actions 12/11/2025
HB 0755
HOUSE Filed
Areas of Critical State Concern by Mooney, Jr. Areas of Critical State Concern: Authorizes local governments to adopt ordinances to provide ad valorem tax exemption for certain portions of property used to provide affordable housing; specifies requirements & limitations for exemption; 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. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/12/2025
SB 0756
HOUSE Filed
Affordable Housing by Davis Affordable Housing; Increasing the length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for a specified zoning variance; requiring that certain incentives be used for the construction of affordable housing; decreasing the maximum median income used to determine eligibility for certain tax incentives; specifying that documentary stamp taxes do not apply to deeds, transfers, or conveyances of residential property to first-time homebuyers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/04/2025
SENATE Filed
Compare SB 0752
Taxation of First-time Buyers (DiCeglie)
Identical HB 0675 SB 0840
Affordable Housing (Driskell)
Land Use Regulations for Local Governments Affected by Natural Disasters by DiCeglie Land Use Regulations for Local Governments Affected by Natural Disasters; Prohibiting impacted local governments from enforcing certain moratoriums, requiring the repair or reconstruction of certain improvements to meet certain requirements, or enforcing changes to specified procedures; revising circumstances under which impacted local governments may enforce certain amendments, site plans, development permits, or development orders; deleting provisions related to filing suit against an impacted local government for injunctive relief, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 Actions 12/10/2025
SB 0848
SENATE Filed
Stormwater Treatment by Truenow Stormwater Treatment; Defining the terms “compensating stormwater treatment” and “total land area”; requiring compensating stormwater treatment to comply with certain provisions unless certain circumstances exist; explaining the types of mitigation measures for compensating stormwater treatment that the Department of Environmental Protection or a water management district governing
board must consider under certain circumstances; authorizing mitigation measures or enhancement credits intended to address certain impacts to be generated by certain entities and sold only to certain environmental resource permit applicants, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/10/2025 SB 0852
SENATE Filed
Food Insecure Areas by Jones Food Insecure Areas; Authorizing a local government to enact land development regulations to permit land use for a small-footprint grocery store located in a food insecure area; authorizing a local government to include in its comprehensive plan a provision permitting land use for a small-footprint grocery store located in a food insecure area, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 12/10/2025
SENATE Filed
Identical HB 0337 HB 6005
Food Insecure Areas (Rayner)
Special Districts by Greco Special Districts: Repeals provisions relating to special districts & performance measures & standards. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Actions 11/12/2025
HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Identical SB 0378 HB 6007
Special Districts (Truenow)
Tourist Development Taxes by Eskamani Tourist Development Taxes: Removes provision requiring specified percentage of all tourist development tax revenues to be used to promote & advertise tourism. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Actions 11/24/2025
HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee
Identical SB 0454
Tourist Development Taxes (Smith)
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