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CS/HB 7053: Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee ; Busatta Cabrera ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Avila ; Bartleman ; Bell ; Chaney ; Hunschofsky ; LaMarca ; Roth ; Stevenson ; Toledo

Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience; Establishes Statewide Office of Resilience within EOG; provides for appointment of Chief Resilience Officer; requires DEP to submit report to Governor & Legislature; requires DOT to develop resilience action plan for State Highway System & submit plan & reports to Governor & Legislature; revises projects DEP may fund within Resilient Florida Grant Program; revises vulnerability assessment requirements for noncoastal communities; extends dates by which DEP must complete comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability & sea level rise data set & assessment; requires projects to be ranked in Statewide Flood & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan; requires Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research & Innovation to provide tidal & storm surge flooding data to certain entities; revises requirements for copies of evaluation certificates that must be submitted to DEM.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 5/4/2022 - Chapter No. 2022-89
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/3/2022 House • Filed
2/4/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/7/2022 House • Referred to Appropriations Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Appropriations Committee
• Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
2/9/2022 House • Favorable by Appropriations Committee
• Reported out of Appropriations Committee
• Now in State Affairs Committee
2/21/2022 House • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2/23/2022 House • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
2/24/2022 House • Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/1/2022 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 161233 Failed
• Amendment 897659 Failed
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
3/2/2022 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1
3/2/2022 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Appropriations -SJ 542
• Received -SJ 541
3/9/2022 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 743
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/SB 1940 -SJ 743
• Read 2nd time -SJ 743
• Read 3rd time -SJ 743
• CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 743
3/9/2022 House • In Messages
• Ordered enrolled
5/3/2022 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• Approved by Governor
5/4/2022 • Chapter No. 2022-89