CS/SB 1766 -  Flood Damage Prevention

General Bill by Environment and Natural Resources and Rodriguez
Flood Damage Prevention: Citing this act as the “Flood Damage Prevention Act of 2024”; providing specified maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction and substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibiting voluntary freeboard from being used in the calculation of the maximum allowable height for certain construction; requiring the Florida Building Commission to develop and adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements by a specified date and to incorporate such requirements into the next edition of the Florida Building Code, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2024
Last Event: 03/08/24 S Died in Rules on Friday, March 8, 2024 2:25 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 01/22/24 4:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Environment and Natural Resources
    • On agenda for: 01/30/24 1:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 749 Subject: Flood Damage Prevention Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 628218 , Environment and Natural Resources, Rodriguez Date Filed: 01/29/24, Line#: 74 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 01/30/2024 01:50 PM
    • SA 262940 , Environment and Natural Resources, Rodriguez Date Filed: 01/30/24, Line#: 74 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/30/2024 01:50 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 1/31/2024 8:20:03 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 1/31/2024 8:17:55 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 1/22/2024 7:56:03 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 1/19/2024 4:07:01 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Time: 03/08/2024 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time Time: 02/01/2024 - 5:58 PM Member: Committee: Environment and Natural Resources Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 02/01/2024 - 9:59 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/31/2024 - 8:45 AM Member: Committee: Environment and Natural Resources Version: __
Event: S CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 Time: 01/30/2024 - 1:43 PM Member: Committee: Environment and Natural Resources Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building Time: 01/25/2024 - 3:14 PM Member: Committee: Environment and Natural Resources Version: __
Event: S Now in Environment and Natural Resources Time: 01/23/2024 - 8:19 AM Member: Committee: Environment and Natural Resources Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Time: 01/22/2024 - 6:28 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/22/24, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building Time: 01/17/2024 - 2:22 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 01/11/2024 - 4:57 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules Time: 01/11/2024 - 7:56 AM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/05/2024 - 8:05 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
553.845 HB 749