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April 11, 2025 | Legislative Reporter This past week was the sixth week of the 2025 Legislative Session. With only three weeks left until the session is scheduled to end on May 2, bills that have not yet been heard or started to progress through committee are likely not to pass this year. The Bill Tracking Report, as of April 11 can be viewed here. Please review it to see the filed bills that APA Florida is tracking and their status. Note that if you click on the bill number, you will be linked to more information about the bill. PRIORITY BILLS APA Florida and its Legislative Policy Committee have worked to specifically track certain high profile proposed legislation as Priority Bills. The following is a summary of some of these priority bills, with further information below. SB 184 (ADUs) Bill history here Requires counties and municipalities to adopt an ordinance by Dec. 1, 2025, to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in any area zoned for single-family residential use. SB 123 (Charter Schools) Bill history here Limits who may apply for a conversion charter school to only parents with children enrolled at the school and certain municipalities seeking a “job engine charter school” to attract job-producing entities to the municipality. HB 943 (Live Local Act) Bill history here Amends various provisions in the Live Local Act relating to affordable housing, certain building moratoriums, and reporting requirements. HB 209 (State Parks) Bill history here Creates the State Park Preservation Act. It requires state parks or preserves to be managed in a manner that provides the greatest combination of benefits to the public and the land’s natural resources. SB 1730 (Affordable Housing) Bill history here Requires local governments to authorize multifamily and mixed use residential as allowable uses in portions of any flexibly zoned area such as a planned unit development permitted for commercial, industrial, or mixed use, if at least 40 percent of the residential units in a proposed multifamily development are rental units that, for a period of at least 30 years, are affordable. Housing: CS/CS/CS SB 184 E1 (Sen. Gaetz) passed the Senate with floor amendments on April 9 and is in Messages to the House. The bill amends s.163.31771 to require counties and municipalities to adopt an ordinance by Dec. 1, 2025, to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in any area zoned for single-family residential use. Such ordinance applies prospectively to ADUs permitted or constructed after adoption of the ordinance. The ordinance may regulate the construction, permitting, and use of ADUs, but may not:
April 11, 2025 | Legislative Reporter
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