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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

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  • CS/SB 1766, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/31/2024 at 8:46 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 749 Flood Damage Prevention Basabe Similar Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    553.845 Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 1766, Original Filed Version Posted 1/5/2024 at 8:04 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/19/2024 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/22/2024 (pdf)
    Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 1/31/2024 (pdf)
    Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 1/31/2024 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 749 Flood Damage Prevention Basabe Identical Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    628218 - Amendment
    Delete lines 74 - 85 and insert:     		Environment and Natural Resources
    (Rodriguez)     		1/29/2024
    11:09 AM     		Replaced by Substitute Amendment
    1/30/2024     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 262940 - Substitute Amendment (628218)
    Delete lines 74 - 88 and insert:     		Environment and Natural Resources
    (Rodriguez)     		1/30/2024
    10:37 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/30/2024     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/22/2024 4:00 PM Community Affairs 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/30/2024 1:00 PM Environment and Natural Resources 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    553.845 Page 1 (pdf)

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