---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Financing of Construction Projects"
description: "Public Financing of Construction Projects; Prohibiting state-financed constructors from commencing construction of certain structures in coastal areas after a specified date without first taking certain steps regarding a sea level impact projection study; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop by rule a standard for such studies; providing that such rule operates prospectively on projects that have not yet commenced as of the finalization of the rule, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Florida SB 178 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-119"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-08-23"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbe47d8c-5073-416d-af5d-a362f166d50e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/178/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3ca2829efafb87a0a211ae19165dada1ccac50921f0f1c625d4f0633ff09341e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 178 (2020) — Public Financing of Construction Projects

Public Financing of Construction Projects; Prohibiting state-financed constructors from commencing construction of certain structures in coastal areas after a specified date without first taking certain steps regarding a sea level impact projection study; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop by rule a standard for such studies; providing that such rule operates prospectively on projects that have not yet commenced as of the finalization of the rule, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-119.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 178 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/178/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 178 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/178/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 178 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/178/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 178 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/178/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-08-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-19** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 11/04/19, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2019-11-04** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-05** Now in Infrastructure and Security
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 12/09/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-12-09** CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2019-12-10** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-12-13** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/13/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-02-13** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
- **2020-02-17** Now in Appropriations
- **2020-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-02** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-119

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbe47d8c-5073-416d-af5d-a362f166d50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).