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
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)
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 12/01/2025
SENATE On Committee agenda - Regulated Industries, 12/09/25, 1:00 pm, 412 K