Florida Senate Bill 948

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to follow certain application procedures for applications for certain development permits and development orders; creating the "Florida Starter Homes Act" for a specified purpose; prohibiting local governments from imposing regulations governing residential lots unless such regulations meet specified requirements; prohibiting local governments from imposing certain regulations if a residential lot is connected to a public water system and a sewerage system; requiring the permitting as of right of an off-site constructed residential dwelling in certain zoning districts, etc.

Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders

Senate Community Affairs Committee	Sen. Stan McClain [R]	Sen. Ana Rodriguez [R]	Sen. Nick DiCeglie [R]
Sen. Carlos Smith [D]	Sen. Darryl Rouson [D]

2026-01-27 - Senate - Senate Community Affairs (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2026-02-04	Senate	CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
2026-01-29	Senate	Now in Judiciary
2026-01-29	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-27	Senate	CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
2026-01-22	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-05	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
2025-12-17	Senate	Filed

H1143 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Commerce Committee
H1049 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in State Affairs Committee
S734 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Community Affairs
H803 (Similar To) 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-63
H399 (Similar To) 2026-03-30 - Chapter No. 2026-7
S208 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 399
S1234 (Similar To) 2026-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 803

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
125	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
163	3254		Amended Code	See Bill Text
163	514		Amended Code	See Bill Text
166	033		Amended Code	See Bill Text
177	071		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	382		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	385		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948/Amendment/486426/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948/Analyses/2026s00948.pre.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948/Analyses/2026s00948.ca.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/948/Vote/2026-01-27%200330PM~S00948%20Vote%20Record.PDF