2025 Legislative Issues
SB 50: Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience
GENERAL BILL by Garcia
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience; Requiring the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science to develop design guidelines and standards for green and gray infrastructure and models for conceptual designs of green infrastructure and green-gray infrastructure; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules for nature-based methods for coastal resilience; requiring the department, in consultation with the Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services of the Department of Financial Services, to conduct a statewide feasibility study regarding the value of nature-based methods being used for a specified purpose, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 11/20/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 62: Resilient Buildings
GENERAL BILL 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 Environmental Protection by a specified date in order to claim such tax credit; creating the Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council adjunct to the Department of Environmental Protection, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 11/22/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 80: State Land Management
GENERAL BILL 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 with input from an advisory group, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 12/4/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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