republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-1602.md

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Bill	Housing for Veterans	Housing for Veterans; Creating the “Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program Act”; establishing the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain counties, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring a landlord to submit to the contracted program administrator required documentation within a specified time period to apply for funding; authorizing a landlord to apply for up to a specified dollar amount from the funds, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2026	SB 1602	Florida SB 1602 (2026)	bill	civil practice and procedure	enacted	2026-125	Wright	5	36	6	2026-01-09	2026-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/3951c0bd-e57e-4863-8f0a-b8e71cbcb8ef	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/ByCategory	08fc1c8ecfafc38e979bbfe6a5b4a6a050af62ecfa7407d8578fd7f9828cd667	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 1602 (2026) — Housing for Veterans

Housing for Veterans; Creating the “Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program Act”; establishing the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain counties, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring a landlord to submit to the contracted program administrator required documentation within a specified time period to apply for funding; authorizing a landlord to apply for up to a specified dollar amount from the funds, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-125.

Version chain

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

1. S 1602 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 1602 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 1602 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 1602 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 1602 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Returning Messages — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 36–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development — primary (organization)
• Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security — primary (organization)
• Wright — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Filed filing
• 2026-01-16 Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
• 2026-01-22 Introduced introduction
• 2026-01-26 CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
• 2026-01-27 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-01-28 Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
• 2026-01-29 CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
• 2026-02-13 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
• 2026-02-18 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
• 2026-02-20 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-02-23 Now in Appropriations
• 2026-02-24 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time
• 2026-02-25 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2026-03-02 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2026-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
• 2026-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-05 CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 passage
• 2026-03-05 In Messages
• 2026-03-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2026-03-09 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
• 2026-03-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Amendment 481141 adopted
• 2026-03-10 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-03-10 In returning messages
• 2026-03-11 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (481141)
• 2026-03-11 CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-03-11 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled enrolled
• 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-11 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-12 Chapter No. 2026-125

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3951c0bd-e57e-4863-8f0a-b8e71cbcb8ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).