The Florida Senate

SB 1020: Regulation of Chickees

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

Regulation of Chickees; Defining the term “chickee”; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinances, regulations, or policies that prevent construction of chickees under certain circumstances or that are more restrictive than federal floodplain management regulations; providing that later incorporation of certain features into an existing chickee requires a permit; providing criminal penalties for persons who are not members of specific tribes and who construct chickees in an attempt to circumvent the Florida Building Code, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/29/2025	Senate	• Filed
  1/7/2026	Senate	• Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules
  1/13/2026	Senate	• Introduced
  1/22/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/27/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  1/28/2026	Senate	• Now in Regulated Industries

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• SB 1020, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/29/2025 at 11:08 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2026 (pdf) Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/28/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 929	Local Government Regulation of Chickees	Cobb, Gentry	Similar	Last Action: 1/21/2026 H Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/27/2026 3:30 PM	Community Affairs	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  125.573		Page 1 (pdf)
  166.0487		Page 2 (pdf)
  553.73	Florida Building Code.	Page 2 (pdf)
  633.202	Florida Fire Prevention Code.	Page 4 (pdf)

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