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Dec. 13, 2024 | Legislative Reporter The 2025 Legislative Session convenes on March 4, 2025, and is scheduled to end on May 2, 2025. The first interim committee meeting week for the House was held last week and for the Senate was held this week. Over these weeks, legislators primarily participated in various orientations and trainings. Committee meetings will pick up again on Jan. 13. (Based on that schedule, the next Legislative Reporter will be published on Jan. 17.) The Bill Tracking Report, as of Dec. 13, can be viewed here. Please review it to see the bills filed that APA Florida is tracking. Note that if you click on the bill number, you will be linked to more information about the bill. If you would like any bills added to this report or would like more information about a specific bill, please contact Stefanie Svisco at ssvisco@floridaplanning.org. The following bills of interest have been filed to date: HB 11 (Rep. F. Robinson) requires a municipality to charge consumers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its own municipal boundaries. (Note that Rep. Robinson filed similar bills for the last three years, with last year’s bill dying on the House Floor on Second Reading.) HB 39 (Rep. Daley) increases the property value exemption for disabled ex-servicemembers and their unremarried surviving spouses from $5,000 to $10,000. SB 50 (Sen. Garcia) requires 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; and requires the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules for nature-based methods for coastal resilience. SB 62 (Sen. Rodriguez) defines the term “resilient building” and specifies that owners of resilient buildings are eligible to receive a specified tax credit. SB 80 (Sen. Harrell) creates the “State Park Preservation Act” and requires public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans.
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