APA Florida Priority Bill Report Ordered by Bill Number SB 0048
Housing by Gaetz Housing; Defining the term “primary dwelling unit”; requiring local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units to be approved 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 Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee Actions 02/02/2026
SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/04/26
02/04/2026
SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 38 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
02/04/2026
HOUSE In Messages
Compare HB 1389
Affordable Housing (Redondo)
Similar HB 0313 HB 0193
Housing (Nix, Jr.)
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 Current Committee of Reference: House Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee Actions 10/16/2025
HOUSE Filed
10/21/2025
HOUSE Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee; Commerce Committee
10/21/2025
HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Compare HB 1417
Department of Environmental Protection (LaMarca)
SB 1510
Department of Environmental Protection (Massullo, Jr.)
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