All Roll Calls
Yes: 183 • No: 0
FloridaSB 3022026Senate
Coastal Resiliency
Sponsored By: Ileana Garcia (Republican)
Signed by Governor
AppropriationEnvironment and Natural ResourcesAppropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General GovernmentFiscal PolicyHouse Calendar
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Florida standardizes nature-based coastal project permits
Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida's environmental department must develop coastal design standards and start statewide permitting rulemaking by January 1, 2027. The standards cover nature-based and combined natural-and-built methods for erosion, rising seas, storm surge, and similar coastal risks. The Legislature must ratify the permitting rules; January 1, 2027, is the deadline to start rulemaking, not finish permitting changes. Rules must cover applications, public notice, permit length, changes and transfers, operations, monitoring, inspections, reporting, emergencies, and abandoned-project removal. They must also address major erosion in areas of critical state concern. Covered methods include living seawalls, planting, wave-reducing devices, stormwater systems, beach sand replacement, dune and wetland restoration, reinforced dunes, reef restoration, and environmentally sound materials. The rules must protect navigation channels and the Intracoastal Waterway; exemptions and general permits cannot allow significant harm, alone or combined. They must include incentives for new methods such as 3D printing and local projects through the Resilient Florida Grant Program. They must also define when projects serve public interest and safety, and enable rapid post-disaster permits to replace failed infrastructure using the design standards. Local participation must include habitat restoration, mangrove-threat monitoring, and barrier and spoil island protection. The department and local governments must teach the public about natural coastal protection, including wetlands, floodplains, seagrasses, and mangroves.
More shoreline options in aquatic preserves
Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida aquatic preserves allow nature-based coastal protection placed where it provides the most appropriate benefit. Examples include living seawalls, shoreline and seagrass planting, wave-reducing devices, and stormwater systems combining natural and built features. The law also allows residential docks, qualifying commercial docks, shore protection, navigation aids, and public utility crossings. Dock approvals remain subject to preserve standards, including limits on enclosed slips with lifts or davits. Multi-slip residential and commercial docks must be near suitable navigation channels; trustees must set distance rules considering depth, bottom conditions, and manatees. A structure permitted under the applicable state laws cannot be banned solely because the local government lacks a marina plan or related siting policies.
More shoreline restoration in Biscayne Bay
Beginning July 1, 2026, state trustees can authorize minimum dredging and filling in Biscayne Bay for natural restoration. This includes preparing underwater ground to restore mangroves, salt marshes, seagrasses, and oyster reefs, with trustee findings and public notice. Shoreline work in the bay and its tributaries can also use living shorelines and seawalls, alongside riprap and plants. That work must address erosion that makes the water cloudy. Miami-Dade County chooses the method together with Florida's Department of Environmental Protection.
Terra Ceia protection limits waterfront projects
The law establishes the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve in Manatee County. Beginning July 1, 2026, state trustees can approve only limited dredging and filling for listed purposes. These include public navigation or necessity, preserve improvements, public-health or environmental work, and marinas or public-access facilities. The first three categories require public notice; marina and public-access projects require findings that construction and operation will not harm water quality or preserve use. New upland canals cannot connect to preserve waters. Existing stationary facilities are exempt from these dredging and filling restrictions for wastewater discharges approved by state or federal authorities, or applied for before June 24, 1984.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Ileana Garcia
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Affiliation unavailable
Environment and Natural Resources
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
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
Chapter No. 2026-1
3/20/2026Approved by Governor
3/19/2026Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
3/18/2026Ordered enrolled
3/17/2026SenateCS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
3/9/2026HouseRead 3rd time
3/9/2026HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
3/9/2026HouseRead 2nd time
3/9/2026House1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
3/5/2026HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
3/5/2026HouseBill referred to House Calendar
3/5/2026HouseIn Messages
2/19/2026HouseImmediately certified -SJ 356
2/19/2026SenateCS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 342
2/19/2026SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 342
2/19/2026SenateAmendment(s) adopted (117522) -SJ 341
2/19/2026SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 341
2/19/2026SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2/17/2026SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/12/2026SenateFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
2/12/2026SenateCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
2/10/2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2/9/2026SenateNow in Fiscal Policy
2/6/2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/6/2026SenateCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2/4/2026Senate
Bill Text
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12/4/2025
Filed
10/28/2025