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FloridaSB 3022026Senate

Coastal Resiliency

Sponsored By: Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Ileana Garcia (Republican)

Signed by Governor

AppropriationEnvironment and Natural ResourcesAppropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General GovernmentFiscal PolicyHouse Calendar

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More dock and shoreline options in preserves

Beginning July 1, 2026, the Board can approve more structures inside aquatic preserves. Single-family docks cannot enclose slips with boat lifts, and roofs may extend only 1 foot past the lift. Multislip and commercial docks must sit near a public or natural channel with enough depth and width, as set by rule. Shore-protection, rebuilt seawalls (at or within 18 inches waterward of the old line), navigation aids, and utility crossings can be allowed. Nature-based options like living seawalls, shoreline and seagrass planting, and wave-attenuation devices may be approved where they give the most benefit. A city or county cannot deny an allowed structure just because it lacks a marina siting plan.

Biscayne Bay habitat and shoreline restoration

Beginning July 1, 2026, the Board can allow small dredging and filling in Biscayne Bay to restore habitat, including work to plant mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass, and oyster reefs. These projects need board approval and public notice. The Board can also stabilize eroding shorelines in the bay and its tributaries with vegetation, riprap, living shorelines, or seawalls, as chosen by Miami-Dade County with the Department of Environmental Protection. The Board may ask the South Florida Water Management District to sign a pact with DEP, Biscayne National Park, and Miami-Dade (and may include the Corps) so flood-control operations also aim to boost marine life, while still meeting flood, water-supply, and environmental goals.

Statewide rules for nature-based coastal projects

Beginning July 1, 2026, the Department must finish design guidelines for nature-based coastal resiliency by January 1, 2027. By that date, it also starts statewide rulemaking, subject to legislative ratification, to create a clear permit process for nature-based and green-gray projects. The rules cover permit criteria, review steps, operation and transfer, duration, emergency and removal rules, exemptions, and general permits. They protect navigation in the Intracoastal Waterway, offer permitting incentives (including for new tech like 3D-printed living shorelines) tied to the Resilient Florida Grant Program, and set post-disaster paths to replace failed structures with nature-based options. The rules also define when projects are clearly in the public interest and how local governments can help, such as replanting mangroves and restoring oyster reefs, salt marshes, seagrass, and coral. The Department and local governments must also teach the public about the value of nature-based solutions.

Terra Ceia preserve with stricter dredging rules

Beginning July 1, 2026, the state designates the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve in Manatee County. Private submerged lands and uplands are not included. Inside the preserve, most dredging and filling is banned. Limited work is allowed for public navigation or public necessity; to improve preserve quality or utility; to fix health hazards or stagnant waters; and for small marinas, ramps, piers, docks, and their channels when the board finds no harm to water quality. Some projects need board approval after public notice. The law does not allow new upland canal connections to preserve waters. Existing facilities that discharge wastewater are exempt if they were approved under state or federal law, or applied before June 24, 1984.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Ileana Garcia

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Bryan Avila

    Republican • Senate

  • Barbara Sharief

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 183 • No: 0

House vote • 3/9/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 109 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/19/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/12/2026

Fiscal Policy Vote

Yes: 19 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/4/2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Vote

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 12/2/2025

Environment and Natural Resources Vote

Yes: 6 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. • Chapter No. 2026-1

    3/20/2026

  2. • Approved by Governor

    3/19/2026

  3. • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    3/18/2026

  4. • Ordered enrolled

    3/17/2026Senate

  5. • Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

    3/9/2026House

  6. • Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026) • 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)

    3/5/2026House

  7. • In Messages

    2/19/2026House

  8. • Read 2nd time -SJ 341 • Amendment(s) adopted (117522) -SJ 341 • Read 3rd time -SJ 342 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 342 • Immediately certified -SJ 356

    2/19/2026Senate

  9. • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26

    2/17/2026Senate

  10. • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

    2/12/2026Senate

  11. • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time

    2/10/2026Senate

  12. • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

    2/9/2026Senate

  13. • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy

    2/6/2026Senate

  14. • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

    2/4/2026Senate

  15. • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building

    1/30/2026Senate

  16. • Introduced • CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time

    1/13/2026Senate

  17. • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

    12/5/2025Senate

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

    12/4/2025Senate

  19. • CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

    12/2/2025Senate

  20. • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 12/02/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

    11/24/2025Senate

  21. • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

    11/17/2025Senate

  22. • Filed

    10/28/2025Senate

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