CS/SB 636: Beach Management
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government ; 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: 2/12/2026 Senate - Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 2/12/2026 Senate - Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
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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
2/6/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/9/2026 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2/10/2026 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
2/12/2026 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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CS/SB 636, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/6/2026 at 4:15 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/11/2026 (pdf)
Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2026 (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 Similar Last Action: 2/12/2026 H Now in State Affairs Committee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 2/12/2026 9:00 AM Fiscal Policy 18 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) -
SB 636, Original Filed Version Posted 11/20/2025 at 4:28 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | 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 Similar Last Action: 2/12/2026 H Now in State Affairs Committee
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 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
2/4/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee 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)