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CS/SB 628: Urban Agriculture

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Rouson

Urban Agriculture; Authorizing farm equipment used to transport farm products to be stored, maintained, or repaired within specified boundaries; exempting farm equipment used in urban agriculture from provisions requiring farm equipment to be located within specified boundaries; providing that nonresidential farm buildings, fences, or signs located on lands used for urban agriculture are not exempt from the Florida Building Code or local governmental regulations; creating the “Urban Agriculture Pilot Project Act"; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to approve municipal urban agricultural pilot projects, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 6/18/2021 - Chapter No. 2021-115
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/13/2021 Senate • Filed
    1/28/2021 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 80
    2/26/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 80
    3/3/2021 Senate • Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 190
    3/4/2021 Senate • Now in Community Affairs
    3/11/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/16/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
    3/16/2021 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 247
    • Now in Rules
    4/1/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/06/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/6/2021 Senate • CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 379
    4/7/2021 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 379
    4/9/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/21 -SJ 465
    4/14/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 438
    • Amendment(s) adopted (818054) -SJ 438
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 439
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 439
    • Immediately certified -SJ 465
    4/14/2021 House • In Messages
    4/26/2021 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
    • 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
    4/27/2021 House • Read 2nd time
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    4/28/2021 House • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0
    4/28/2021 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 845
    4/28/2021 House • Message sent to senate
    6/15/2021 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    6/17/2021 • Approved by Governor
    6/18/2021 • Chapter No. 2021-115

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  • CS/SB 628, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/28/2021 at 7:36 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1013 (c1) Urban Agriculture Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 628 (Ch. 2021-115)

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    604.40 Farm equipment. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.73 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 628, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/14/2021 at 6:49 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1013 (c1) Urban Agriculture Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 628 (Ch. 2021-115)

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/28/2021 6:46 PM House 117 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    604.40 Farm equipment. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.73 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 628, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/7/2021 at 9:50 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1013 (c1) Urban Agriculture Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 628 (Ch. 2021-115)

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    818054 - Amendment
    Delete lines 88 - 115 and insert:
    Rouson 4/13/2021
    11:04 AM
    Senate: Adopted
    4/14/2021
    Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/14/2021 6:23 PM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    604.40 Farm equipment. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.73 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 628, Original Filed Version Posted 1/13/2021 at 4:29 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 3/2/2021 (pdf)
    Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2021 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2021 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/16/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/2/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/7/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1013 (c1) Urban Agriculture Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 628 (Ch. 2021-115)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    372958 - Amendment
    Delete lines 25 - 90 and insert:
    Rules
    (Rouson)
    4/5/2021
    9:13 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/7/2021
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/3/2021 12:00 PM Agriculture 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/16/2021 9:00 AM Community Affairs 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/6/2021 9:30 AM Rules 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    604.40 Farm equipment. Page 1 (pdf)
    604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 2 (pdf)
    604.73 Page 2 (pdf)

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