The Florida Senate

CS/SB 488: Beaches/Public Access [EPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Environmental Preservation and Conservation ; Justice

Beaches/Public Access [EPSC]; Provides a declaration of public policy and effect. Prohibits persons from restricting access. Prohibits obstruction of beach access except as otherwise authorized by law. Prohibits a governmental entity from placing an obstruction upon or limiting public access to a public beach except under certain conditions. Provides for the use of prima facie evidence in suits to exclude the public from accessing and using a sandy beach, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/29/2008	Senate	• Filed
  1/15/2009	Senate	• Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Judiciary; General Government Appropriations
  3/3/2009	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Judiciary; General Government Appropriations -SJ 00033
  3/26/2009	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 03/31/09, 9:00 am, 401-S
  3/31/2009	Senate	• CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 4 NAYS 2 -SJ 00292; CS read 1st time on 04/02/09 -SJ 00294
  4/2/2009	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  4/6/2009	Senate	• Now in Community Affairs -SJ 00292
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Community Affairs

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• CS/SB 488, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/2/2009 at 7:25 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Environmental Preservation and Conservation (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 527 (c1)	Public Access to Beaches	Sachs	Similar	Last Action: 5/2/2009 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  161.80
  161.81
  161.82
  161.83

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• SB 488, Original Filed Version Posted 3/3/2009 at 3:37 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  201090 - Amendment	Environmental Preservation and Conservation (Sobel)	3/29/2009 1:46 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/1/2009	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/31/2009 9:00 AM	Environmental Preservation and Conservation	4 Yeas - 2 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  161.80
  161.81
  161.82
  161.83

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