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SB 636: Beach Management

GENERAL BILL by Leek

Beach Management; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to review certain data when designating certain beaches as critically eroded and in need of restoration and nourishment; requiring that certain beaches, whose local government preserved funds for a certain purpose and which possess specified features, be designated as critically eroded; revising the list of areas that may receive designation as an area of critical state concern, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/4/2026 Senate - CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/20/2025 Senate • Filed
    12/9/2025 Senate • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
    1/8/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    1/13/2026 Senate • Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
    • Introduced
    1/30/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/4/2026 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

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  • SB 636, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/20/2025 at 4:28 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2026 (pdf)
    Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 1/13/2026 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1297 (c1) Beach Management Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 2/4/2026 H 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    244086 - Amendment
    Delete lines 58 - 59 and insert:     		Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
    (Leek)     		2/3/2026
    3:53 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/4/2026     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/13/2026 1:30 PM Environment and Natural Resources 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/4/2026 3:45 PM Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    161.101 State and local participation in authorized projects and studies relating to beach management and erosion control. Page 1 (pdf)
    161.161 Procedure for approval of projects. Page 4 (pdf)
    380.045 Resource planning and management committees; objectives; procedures. Page 6 (pdf)
    380.05 Areas of critical state concern. Page 4 (pdf)

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