Florida Senate Bill 302

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 20 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-20 - Chapter No. 2026-1
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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.

Coastal Resiliency

Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government	Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee	Sen. Ileana Garcia [R]	Sen. Bryan Avila [R]
Sen. Barbara Sharief [D]

2026-03-09 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#735 (Y: 109 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-04 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-12-02 - Senate - Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

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

H1035 (Similar To) 2026-03-09 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 302

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
258	393		Amended Code	See Bill Text
258	397		Amended Code	See Bill Text
258	42		Amended Code	See Bill Text
380	0938		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Amendment/329416/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Amendment/117522/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Analyses/2026s00302.pre.en.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Analyses/2026s00302.en.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Analyses/2026s00302.pre.aeg.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Analyses/2026s00302.aeg.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Analyses/2026s00302.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Analyses/2026s00302.fp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Vote/2025-12-02%200330PM~S00302%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Vote/2026-02-04%200345PM~S00302%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Vote/2026-02-12%200900AM~S00302%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Vote/SenateVote_s00302c2011.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/302/Vote/HouseVote_s00302e1735.PDF