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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing for Veterans"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1602"
citation: "Florida SB 1602 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-125"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3951c0bd-e57e-4863-8f0a-b8e71cbcb8ef"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/ByCategory"
source_hash: "08fc1c8ecfafc38e979bbfe6a5b4a6a050af62ecfa7407d8578fd7f9828cd667"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1602 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1602 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1602 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1602 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1602/BillText/er/HTML)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3951c0bd-e57e-4863-8f0a-b8e71cbcb8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).