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type: "Bill"
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title: "Anchoring Limitation Areas"
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description: "Anchoring Limitation Areas; Restricts local regulation of vessels outside marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties; designates specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; increases prohibited anchoring & mooring distance of vessels & floating structures near public mooring fields."
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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 481"
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citation: "Florida HB 481 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["vessels"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-39"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, V."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-07"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcf278b4-e00f-4f54-b093-6298e06e953c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/481/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "5f2ab3b0b91a5058e84d766443a80ad2642a1fd5caa8f8e5075810cc8ee23591"
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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 481 (2025) — Anchoring Limitation Areas
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Anchoring Limitation Areas; Restricts local regulation of vessels outside marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties; designates specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; increases prohibited anchoring & mooring distance of vessels & floating structures near public mooring fields.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-39.
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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 481 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/481/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 481 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/481/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 481 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/481/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 481 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/481/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **16–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lopez, V. — primary (person)
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- Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
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- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-07** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-11** Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-12** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2025-03-18** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2025-03-31** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2025-04-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-03** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-04** 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** Immediately certified
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- **2025-04-16** In Messages
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- **2025-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-16** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2025-04-16** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-21** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
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- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-29** Amendment(s) failed (134212)
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- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 8 `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** In Messages
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- **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-39
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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/dcf278b4-e00f-4f54-b093-6298e06e953c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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