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FL S0208

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rules

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires development permit application fees to reasonably relate to direct and indirect processing costs, prohibiting fees based on construction costs, site costs, or project valuation for both counties and municipalities
  • Mandates local governments include objective compatibility factors in comprehensive plans (such as density, height, setbacks, noise, and lighting) and prohibits denying residential applications solely on vague grounds like "community character" without specific written findings
  • Requires offsite constructed residential dwellings (manufactured and factory-built homes) to be permitted as of right in any zoning district allowing single-family homes, prohibiting local governments from treating them more restrictively than site-built homes
  • Allows placement of residential manufactured buildings on any lot in recreational vehicle parks, expanding beyond current mobile home lot restrictions
  • Directs OPPAGA to study the effects of removing Urban Development Boundaries in Miami-Dade and other counties, with a report due to the Legislature by December 1, 2026, and an effective date of January 1, 2027

Legislative Description

Land Use and Development Regulations

Last Action

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 399

3/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/16/2026
Judiciary11/19/2025

Full Bill Text

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