Florida House Bill 1193

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Human Services Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides purpose & duties of community residence; requires that community residence be licensed or certified, or operate pursuant to charter from entity recognized or sanctioned by Congress; authorizes local government to revoke or nullify siting approval of community residence; provides spacing distance requirements for siting of community residence; requires local government to authorize reasonable accommodation for certain proposed community residences if specified requirements are met; requires sponsoring entity to notify designated local government official or other applicable entity within specified timeframe that its license or certification has been revoked or denied; authorizes local government to require sponsoring entity of recovery community to immediately cease operations if continued operation poses immediate & significant threat to health & safety of residents or community; requires local government to respond in writing within specified timeframe to requests regarding whether proposed community residence or recovery residence is within certain spacing distance from certain other residences.

Residential Living Arrangements

Rep. Rob Long [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Human Services Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Now in Human Services Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-08	House	Filed

S1238 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Community Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1003	57		Amended Code	See Bill Text
393	501		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	464		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	9972		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	005		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	007		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	009		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	013		Amended Code	See Bill Text
419	015		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	67		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1193
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1193/BillText/Filed/PDF