SB 1900 - Preemption to the State (Florida 2022)

• Removes state preemption of firearm and ammunition regulation (repealing s. 790.33), tobacco and nicotine product regulation (repealing ss. 569.0025 and 569.315), over-the-counter drug and cosmetics regulation, fertilizer regulation, and wage/employment benefit requirements for political subdivisions (repealing s. 218.077)

• Eliminates the mandatory 1-year expiration on local rent control measures and removes requirements that counties and municipalities provide developer incentives to fully offset affordable housing contribution or linkage fee costs

• Removes limitations on local impact fee increases, including the caps of 25% and 50%, the 4-year waiting period between increases, and the phased implementation requirements previously imposed on local governments, school districts, and special districts

• Repeals Florida's "sanctuary city" ban (Chapter 908), which prohibited local sanctuary policies and required cooperation with federal immigration authorities, as well as preemptions on local regulation of plastic bags, polystyrene products, auxiliary containers, utility service restrictions, and natural environment legal rights

• Removes the Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act and numerous restrictions on local government authority over telecommunications facilities in public rights-of-way, and eliminates state-level constraints on local emergency order duration, scope, and gubernatorial override power; the bill's effective date is contingent on voter approval of a related constitutional amendment (SJR 152) at the November 2022 general election