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FL S1566

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Corey Simon

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Grants the Division of Emergency Management "command and control" over emergency management efforts involving federal, state, and local agencies, and authorizes the division to create new debris management sites during declared natural disasters
  • Expands the special needs shelter registry and shelter system to include persons with "functional limitations" alongside those with special needs, and adds the Department of Veterans' Affairs to the list of agencies required to provide registration information
  • Increases the recommended personal self-sufficiency period following a disaster from 72 hours to 120 hours in statewide public awareness campaigns
  • Requires all self-service gasoline stations to be equipped with an alternate power source such as a generator, and requires each county, municipality, and political subdivision to preauthorize at least one debris management site annually through the Department of Environmental Protection
  • Requires disaster-impacted political subdivisions to publish all applicable building and housing codes on a public website within 5 days of an emergency declaration, and requires impacted counties to provide their legislative delegation with emergency office space, response information, and a trained disaster recovery point of contact

Legislative Description

Emergencies

Last Action

Died in Community Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 180 (Ch. 2025-190), SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199)

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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