WELCOME to the SCCF 2024 Legislative Session Tracker
Florida’s 2024 60-day legislative session began on Tuesday, Jan. 9 and ended on Friday, March 8, 2024. To stay current, SCCF offers you this site to help you track and actively participate in the bills that SCCF is following. If you would like to track individual bills, legislative committees or follow your local legislator through the FL Senate or House of Representatives, there are public services to do so: The FL Senate Bill Tracker and the FL House of Representatives Bill Tracker.
SCCF tracks the bills related to those affecting Everglades restoration, environmental conservation, harmful algal blooms, water quality and home rule. See the following link for a full list of our priorities: SCCF’s 2024 legislative priorities
UPDATE: June 12, 2024 - The Governor's office announced today that the $116.5 billion state budget has been signed. Along with the passage of the funds, the Governor vetoed $950 million in proposed spending. For a complete veto list, click here.
2024 Session Highlights:
Dec. 5, 2023 - Link to: Governor DeSantis’ Focus on Florida - Future $114.4 Billion Budget Recommendations
March 8, 2024 - Legislature Passes $117.46 billion budget
Track bills presented to Governor: 2024 Bill Actions Page
Legislative Session - Week 9: Session Ends March 8, 2024
Monday - March 4
House Special Order Calendar
HB 165 - Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces Passed 113-0
Tuesday - March 5 (Budget delivered for 72-hr review at 11:48 am)
Senate Special Order Calendar
SB 1624 - Energy Resources (retained on Special Order Calendar) Passed 28-12
SB 1386 - Department of Environmental Protection Passed 36-0
Wednesday - March 6
SB 1624 - Energy Resources - Passed 28-12
Thursday - March
Senate Special Order Calendar
HB 165 - Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces (Safe Waterways
Act) Passed 40-0
2024 Legislative Session Bill Table
House Bills odd #’s | Senate Bills even #’s | I= Identical S= Similar C= Compare | Bill Title/ Bill Description | SCCF Position Support/ Oppose | Final Outcome (*signed by Governor) |
Water Quality | |||||
Maggard | Burgess | S | Land and Water Management Requires locally required buffer zones to be purchased through eminent domain, preempts dredge and fill to the state, repeals land mgmt. review teams | Oppose | Failed |
Gossett- Sideman Cross | Berman | S | Safe Waterways Act Transfers beach and public bathing places testing from DOH to DEP, revises provisions related to issuance of health advisories/closure of beaches/public bathing places | Support | Passed but VETOed by Gov. |
Harrell | Ratification of Stormwater Rules | Passed* | |||
Chaney | Calatayud | S | Dept. of Env. Protection Aquatic preserve vessel operation, Flood Hub, enforcement for violations of sewage treatment regulations | Passed* | |
Land Acquisition Trust Fund (LATF)/Florida Forever | |||||
Bell | Burton | I | Land Acquisition Trust Fund Annual appropriation for Heartland Headwaters | Failed | |
Climate Change/Resiliency/Sea Level Rise | |||||
McFarlane | Polsky | S | Coastal Protection (Saltwater Intrusion) Vulnerability Assessments | Failed | |
Roach | Avila | Local Regulation of Non-Conforming Structures | Passed* | ||
Growth Management/Land Use | |||||
Stewart | Excise Tax on Water Extracted for Commercial or Industrial Use | Failed | |||
Overdorf | Burgess | I | Environmental Management Establishes prevailing parties attorney fees for challenges to DEP/WMD actions, requires agency review of coastal permitting process and requires reports and findings of proposed solutions | Oppose | Failed |
Esposito/ Overdorf | Perry | S | Development Permits and Orders Revises timeframes for development orders and permits | Failed | |
Lopez | Calatayud | I | Affordable Housing Prohibits local local govt from restricting floor area ratio of certain developments but does allow for height restrictions | Passed* | |
Botana | Martin | I | Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve Deletes existing protections to lands within the Preserve by amending the boundary | Failed | |
Energy | |||||
Esposito | Hooper | S | Electric and Hybrid Vehicle License Fees | Failed | |
Yeager | DiCeglie | S | Renewable Gas Authorizes cost recovery for renewable natural gas infrastructure, encourages regional solutions to energy issues including farm to fuel initiatives | Failed | |
Altman | Collins | C | Energy Resources | Oppose | Passed* |
Local Government Preemption/Citizens Rights | |||||
Roth | Rodriguez | I | Agritourism Prohibits local government from requiring certain rules related to agricultural lands, facilities or venues | Oppose | Failed |
Yeager | Martin | S | Regulation of Auxiliary Containers Preempts local authority to regulate reusable or single use plastics | Oppose | Failed |
Everglades | |||||
Cabrera | Calatayud | S | Everglades Protection Area | Support | Failed |
Ecosystem Restoration | |||||
Mooney | Garcia | Mangrove Planting and Restoration | Failed | ||
Chaney/Mooney | DiCeglie | I | Release of Balloons Revises prohibition on certain types of balloons | Support | Passed* |
Shoaf | Simon | I | Taking of Bears Authorizes the killing of bears on private property | Oppose | Passed* |
Gossett- Sideman | Rodriguez | I | Dredging and Beach Restoration Projects Requires adverse impact analysis | Failed | |
Buchanan | Hutson | S | Funding for Env. Resource Management Seminole Gaming Compact | Passed* | |
Truenow | Brodeur | Mitigation allows limited use of local government land for private mitigation banks | Passed* | ||
Local Appropriation Requests | |||||
(table updated 06/27/24)
Link to: SCCF Week 1 Update SCCF Week 2 Update
SCCF Week 3 Update SCCF Week 4 Update
SCCF Week 5 Update SCCF Week 6 Update
SCCF Week 7 Update SCCF Week 8 Update
To view the previous week’s meeting schedule, click: 2024 Legislative Weekly Archive
For action from the 2023 Legislative Session, click: 2023 Legislative Tracker