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CS/SB 1766: Flood Damage Prevention

GENERAL BILL by Environment and Natural Resources ; Rodriguez

Flood Damage Prevention; Citing this act as the “Flood Damage Prevention Act of 2024”; providing specified maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction and substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibiting voluntary freeboard from being used in the calculation of the maximum allowable height for certain construction; requiring the Florida Building Commission to develop and adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements by a specified date and to incorporate such requirements into the next edition of the Florida Building Code, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
 Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2024 Senate • Filed
1/11/2024 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules
• Introduced
1/17/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/22/24, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
1/22/2024 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/23/2024 Senate • Now in Environment and Natural Resources
1/25/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
1/30/2024 Senate • CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
1/31/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/1/2024 Senate • Now in Rules
• CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Rules