The Florida Senate

HB 673: Release of Conservation Easements

GENERAL BILL by Duggan

Release of Conservation Easements; Requires certain water management districts, upon application by fee simple owner of parcel subject to conservation easement, to release conservation easement if specified conditions are met; specifies that land released from conservation easement may be used for development consistent with certain zoning; requires property owners to assume responsibility for stormwater requirements in certain circumstances; requires property owners to comply with specified ordinances & seek approval for modification of certain permits; provides applicability.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/8/2025	House	• Filed
  12/16/2025	House	• Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/26/2026	House	• Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda

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• HB 673, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/8/2025 at 8:42 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/26/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 938	Conservation Easements	McClain	Similar	Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  940337 - Amendment Remove lines 47-55 and insert:	Duggan	1/27/2026 2:35 PM		PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  704.06	Conservation easements; creation; acquisition; enforcement.	Page 1 (pdf)

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