# Florida SB 582: Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures Florida SB 582, Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Chapter No. 2025-87); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB582-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida SB 582 - State: Florida - Session: 2025 - Title: Unlawful Demolition of Historical Buildings and Structures - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-10 - Last action: 2025-05-27, Chapter No. 2025-87 - Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Appropriation, Community Affairs, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules, House Calendar - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (187 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher fines for demolishing Florida historic buildings: cost, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Florida code enforcement boards and special magistrates can impose historic-demolition fines above the usual limits. This applies to buildings or structures individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places or contributing to a listed district. Competent substa… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 115 | 1 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-03-25 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-03-11 | Senate | Community Affairs Vote | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-05-27: Chapter No. 2025-87 - 2025-05-23: Approved by Governor - 2025-05-16: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2025-04-29: Ordered enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 (House) - 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-29: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-29: Placed on 3rd reading (House) - 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House) - 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2025-04-09: In Messages (House) - 2025-04-09: Immediately certified -SJ 392 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 381 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 381 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 381 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Now in Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Filed (Senate) ## Bill text - er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/er/PDF) - Filed, 2025-02-10: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed) - HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed) - HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed) - HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed) - HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed) - HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed) ## Sources - [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/er/HTML) - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/er/PDF) - [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/Filed/HTML) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/582/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025) - [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025) - [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025) - [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025) - [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025) - [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB582-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).