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FloridaSB 14342026Senate

Infill Redevelopment

Sponsored By: Alexis Calatayud (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Neighbors can buy recreation land with restrictions

Developers must offer adjacent owners the recreation parcel or portion when it borders single-family homes on all sides. The qualifying recreation facilities or reserved areas must have been unused for at least 12 consecutive months. Notice must arrive by certified mail; the price cannot exceed the greater of the developer's purchase price plus 10% or a bona fide offer received in the previous 12 months. Owners must exercise the option, close, and accept a deed restriction or record a covenant within 90 days after mailing. The restriction preserves recreation or open-space use for at least 30 years; failure to close forfeits the option.

Required open-space buffers beside nearby homes

Developers must maintain a buffer when a qualifying parcel borders single-family homes or townhouses on all sides. The buffer must measure at least 20 feet, lot line to lot line. It must remain open space or contain only quiet recreation facilities that the community can use. Drainage swales and water-retention areas count as open space.

Streamlined approvals for eligible housing developers

Local governments must approve qualifying developments through administrative review, without another governing-body action, and cannot enforce local rules that block them. Subdivisions meeting state subdivision requirements must also receive administrative approval; review cannot lower the allowed density or intensity. Design rules are allowed only when they apply to comparable housing, require no board review, and preserve authorized density and intensity. Developers must show compliance with applicable public-service capacity requirements at the same stage required for comparable housing. Each local government must publish its approval procedures and expectations online.

Developers pay double recreation impact fees

Developers redeveloping qualifying recreation facilities or reserved areas must establish that they have been unused for at least 12 consecutive months. When those areas border single-family homes on all sides, developers must pay twice the applicable parks or recreation impact fee. The law does not specify the underlying fee amount. The charge falls on developers, not directly on neighboring households.

Housing allowed on eligible land, with limits

The law allows residential development on qualifying environmentally impacted land despite conflicting local laws. Parcels must cover at least 5 acres and border land in the same jurisdiction where residential use is already allowed. Counties must have more than 1,475,000 people in the latest decennial census and at least 15 municipalities. Density cannot exceed the lower of 25 homes per acre or the average density of adjacent residential zoning districts. Development intensity must follow standards for an adjacent parcel. Exclusions cover designated agricultural land, local-government public parks, land outside an urban growth boundary, and parcels within one-quarter mile of a specified military installation. Parcels owned by a public utility currently or during the 15 years before the law's effective date are also excluded. The law took effect upon becoming law and covers applications submitted on or after that date.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Alexis Calatayud

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Rules

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 165 • No: 24

House vote • 3/10/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 87 • No: 24

Senate vote • 3/5/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/24/2026

Rules Vote

Yes: 23 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/10/2026

Judiciary Vote

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 1/27/2026

Community Affairs Vote

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter No. 2026-84

    5/22/2026

  2. Approved by Governor

    5/21/2026

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    5/6/2026

  4. Ordered enrolled

    3/17/2026Senate

  5. CS passed; YEAS 87, NAYS 24

    3/10/2026House

  6. Read 3rd time

    3/10/2026House

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

    3/10/2026House

  8. Read 2nd time

    3/10/2026House

  9. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    3/9/2026House

  10. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)

    3/9/2026House

  11. Bill referred to House Calendar

    3/9/2026House

  12. In Messages

    3/5/2026House

  13. CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 610

    3/5/2026Senate

  14. Read 3rd time -SJ 610

    3/5/2026Senate

  15. Read 2nd time -SJ 610

    3/5/2026Senate

  16. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26

    3/2/2026Senate

  17. CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

    2/26/2026Senate

  18. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

    2/26/2026Senate

  19. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

    2/25/2026Senate

  20. CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

    2/24/2026Senate

  21. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

    2/19/2026Senate

  22. Now in Rules

    2/12/2026Senate

  23. CS by Judiciary read 1st time

    2/11/2026Senate

  24. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

    2/11/2026Senate

  25. CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

    2/10/2026Senate

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