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Priority Bills Tracking Report - Jan. 16, 2026

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APA Florida Priority Bill Report Ordered by Bill Number SB 0048

Housing by Gaetz Housing; Authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; defining the term “primary dwelling unit”; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units 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: Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Actions 01/14/2026

SENATE Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays

Compare 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 10/21/2025

HOUSE Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

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 Current Committee of Reference: Senate Community Affairs Actions 12/10/2025

SENATE Now in Community Affairs

Identical HB 0193 SB 0208

Utilities (Boyles)

Land Use and Development Regulations by McClain Land Use and Development Regulations; Requiring that the amount of certain application fees


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