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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Land Management"
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description: "State Land Management; Requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 209"
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citation: "Florida HB 209 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["public lands and property"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-76"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gossett-Seidman", "Snyder"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44c6f63f-1980-4a82-b2bb-3591f4f26b6e"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/209/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "d6a396738dd5f7228096367ddf910b1a9163476a5cd6e2afa1d3aad6f7d8d0d8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 209 (2025) — State Land Management
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State Land Management; Requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-76.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 209 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/209/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 209 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/209/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 209 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/209/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 209 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/209/BillText/e1/PDF)
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5. **H 209 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/209/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gossett-Seidman — primary (person)
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- Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Snyder — primary (person)
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- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
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- Black — cosponsor (person)
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- Booth — cosponsor (person)
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- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Casello — cosponsor (person)
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- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
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- Conerly — cosponsor (person)
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- Cross — cosponsor (person)
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- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
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- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
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- Gentry — cosponsor (person)
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- Grow — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hart — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hodgers — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendall — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
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- Nix — cosponsor (person)
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- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
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- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
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- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
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- Porras — cosponsor (person)
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- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
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- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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- Temple — cosponsor (person)
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- Tendrich — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Weinberger — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
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- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-01-22** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
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- **2025-02-28** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-04** Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-06** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-07** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2025-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-04** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-08** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2025-04-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-08** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** In Messages
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- **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-30** Substituted for CS/SB 80
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- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (592460)
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- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** In Messages
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- **2025-05-01** Senate Message List
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- **2025-05-01** Amendment 592460 Concur
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- **2025-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-76
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44c6f63f-1980-4a82-b2bb-3591f4f26b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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