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Jan. 17, 2025 | Legislative Reporter The 2025 Legislative Session convenes on March 4 and is scheduled to end on May 2. Interim committee meeting resumed this past week after the holiday break, focusing on committee overview discussions, agency presentations and related program reports. On Jan. 13, Governor DeSantis issued an official proclamation for a special session to be held on Jan. 27- 31. The special session will focus on combating illegal immigration, condominium regulation, agricultural relief in response to natural disasters, replenishing the My Safe Florida Home program, and the citizens’ initiative petition process. Senate President Albritton and House Speaker Perez sent a joint response to this call. The Bill Tracking Report, as of Jan. 17, 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. Since the Dec. 13 Legislative Reporter, the following bills of interest have been filed: HB 89 (Rep. Rayner and McFarland) allows a local government to enact comprehensive plan provisions and land development regulations authorizing land use for a small-footprint grocery store located in a food insecure area, as those terms are defined in the bill. (Note that Rep. Rayner filed a similar bill in 2023 which died in its first committee and in 2024 which was withdrawn before introduction.) SB 118 (Sen. Brodeur and Gaetz) and HB 69 (Rep. Andrade) preempt to the state all regulation of the establishment, maintenance, activities, and operations of any presidential library within its jurisdiction and defers regulation of such institutions to the federal government; prohibits a county, a municipality, or another political subdivision of this state from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure governing the establishment, maintenance, or operation of a presidential library or impose any requirement or restriction thereon, except as otherwise authorized by federal law. HB 123 (Rep. Andrade) and SB 140 (Sen. Gaetz), are identical bills that require a school board, before occupying purchased or acquired real property, to submit a 5-year plan in a public meeting for the proposed use of that property; prohibit a school board from purchasing or acquiring real property if enrollment in the district has declined in the preceding 5-year period; if said decline has occurred, require a school board to dispose of real property Jan. 17, 2024 | Committee Week | Legislative Reporter
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