---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine Encroachment on Military Operations"
description: "Marine Encroachment on Military Operations; Requiring local governments to cooperate with certain major military installations and ranges to encourage compatible land use in associated areas, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1720"
citation: "Florida SB 1720 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-22"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2dd23c3-75d8-48b4-b36c-ed2b0f84b0cd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1720/ByCategory"
source_hash: "192a47d033e019b1b8e9eee07f219b3b8a9597e7d7bfddc6aa4a17e4f0b75917"
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 1720 (2024) — Marine Encroachment on Military Operations

Marine Encroachment on Military Operations; Requiring local governments to cooperate with certain major military installations and ranges to encourage compatible land use in associated areas, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-22.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1720 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1720/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1720 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1720/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Referred to Community Affairs; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/22/24, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
- **2024-01-22** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
- **2024-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/29/24, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2024-01-29** Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/08/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
- **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2dd23c3-75d8-48b4-b36c-ed2b0f84b0cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).