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S0636Introduced in the Senate

Beach Management

Introduced

Introduced by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to review certain data when designating certain beaches as critically eroded and in need of restoration and nourishment; requiring that certain beaches, whose local government preserved funds for a certain purpose and which possess specified features, be designated as critically eroded; revising the list of areas that may receive designation as an area of critical state concern, etc.

Where it stands

Died on Calendar

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Fiscal Policy · February 12, 2026

18

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

20 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Debbie Mayfield32Yes
LaVon Bracy Davis40Yes
Don Gaetz1Yes
Corey Simon3Yes
Clay Yarborough4Yes
Tracie Davis5Absent
Jennifer Bradley6Yes
Tom Leek7Yes
Colleen Burton12Yes
Keith Truenow13Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed

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

  3. On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

  4. Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

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

  6. Introduced

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

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

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

  10. Now in Fiscal Policy

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

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

  13. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

  14. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  15. Died on Calendar

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