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type: "Bill"
title: "Anchoring Limitation Areas"
description: "Anchoring Limitation Areas; Providing that certain areas are grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; authorizing certain counties to establish anchoring limitation areas that meet certain requirements; specifying size requirements for the anchoring limitation areas; prohibiting vessels from anchoring in such areas for longer than a specified time; requiring counties to provide notice to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission within a specified timeframe before introducing an ordinance to establish an anchoring limitation area; prohibiting Monroe County from establishing an anchoring limitation area until the county meets certain requirements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1946"
citation: "Florida SB 1946 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-192"
primary_sponsors: ["Polsky"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c667845-e1e0-4147-a8a6-a45e980438c1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5a1eff8033f529b1f71b3cc9ea6c220c07553ecb6ec9b335ed49e191bbd70ba2"
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 1946 (2021) — Anchoring Limitation Areas
Anchoring Limitation Areas; Providing that certain areas are grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; authorizing certain counties to establish anchoring limitation areas that meet certain requirements; specifying size requirements for the anchoring limitation areas; prohibiting vessels from anchoring in such areas for longer than a specified time; requiring counties to provide notice to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission within a specified timeframe before introducing an ordinance to establish an anchoring limitation area; prohibiting Monroe County from establishing an anchoring limitation area until the county meets certain requirements, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-192.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 1946 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1946 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1946 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1946 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/BillText/c3/HTML)
5. **S 1946 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/BillText/e1/HTML)
6. **S 1946 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1946/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **90** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **60** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **170** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1161** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Polsky — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/22/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-22** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-23** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-23** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- **2021-03-24** Now in Community Affairs
- **2021-03-25** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-30** CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-31** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-01** CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2021-04-02** Now in Rules
- **2021-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-16** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-16** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) adopted (555226)
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-192, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1086 (Ch. 2021-184)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c667845-e1e0-4147-a8a6-a45e980438c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).