republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-302.md

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Bill	Coastal Resiliency	Coastal Resiliency; Prohibiting the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund from approving the dredging or filling of the submerged lands of the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve unless such dredging and filling occurs for certain reasons; authorizing certain dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; authorizing the erection of certain structures within aquatic preserves; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, by a specified date, to develop guidelines and standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency and to adopt rules, subject to legislative ratification, for a statewide permitting process for such coastal resiliency, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2026	SB 302	Florida SB 302 (2026)	bill	public lands and property reclamation and use	enacted	2026-1	Garcia	5	34	5	2025-10-28	2026-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/07308775-59d2-4170-ba09-fd75bc13a9ba	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/ByCategory	5e1df1096da85ff21482cee4771e1faa657f65c004de1f00f4951b59713f3336	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 302 (2026) — Coastal Resiliency

Coastal Resiliency; Prohibiting the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund from approving the dredging or filling of the submerged lands of the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve unless such dredging and filling occurs for certain reasons; authorizing certain dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; authorizing the erection of certain structures within aquatic preserves; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, by a specified date, to develop guidelines and standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency and to adopt rules, subject to legislative ratification, for a statewide permitting process for such coastal resiliency, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-1.

Version chain

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

1. S 302 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 302 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 302 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 302 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 302 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
• Environment and Natural Resources — primary (organization)
• Garcia — primary (person)
• Avila — cosponsor (person)
• Sharief — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-10-28 Filed filing
• 2025-11-17 Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2025-11-24 On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 12/02/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2025-12-02 CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2025-12-04 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2025-12-05 Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
• 2026-01-13 Introduced introduction
• 2026-01-13 CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
• 2026-01-30 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2026-02-04 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• 2026-02-06 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-02-06 Now in Fiscal Policy
• 2026-02-09 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
• 2026-02-10 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
• 2026-02-12 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2026-02-17 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
• 2026-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-19 Amendment(s) adopted (117522)
• 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-19 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-02-19 Immediately certified
• 2026-02-19 In Messages
• 2026-03-05 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2026-03-05 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
• 2026-03-05 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) reading-1
• 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-19 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-20 Chapter No. 2026-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07308775-59d2-4170-ba09-fd75bc13a9ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).