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FL S0050
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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AI Summary
- Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules governing nature-based methods for coastal resilience, including addressing critical erosion, protecting mangrove stands, restoring oyster reefs, salt marshes, and coral reefs, streamlining permitting for green infrastructure projects, and encouraging living shorelines and new technologies such as 3D printing
- Moves the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation from the University of South Florida College of Marine Science to the broader University of South Florida, with an executive director appointed by and reporting to the university president
- Expands the Florida Flood Hub's duties to include developing design guidelines for optimal combinations of green and gray infrastructure and modeling the flood risk reduction and socioeconomic benefits of green and hybrid green-gray infrastructure designs
- Requires the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services, to conduct a statewide feasibility study on the value of nature-based methods for reducing coastal flood risk, lowering insurance premiums, and improving National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System scores, with a report due to the Governor and Legislature by July 1, 2026
- Appropriates $250,000 in nonrecurring funds from the Resilient Florida Trust Fund for the feasibility study, with an effective date of July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience
Last Action
Died in Messages
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules3/7/2025
Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government2/12/2025
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