
FL HB 795
Author
Chip LaMarca
214 House Office Building 402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
850-717-5100
Chip.LaMarca@flhouse.gov
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Bill Text
Category
Ports
State
FL
Summary
Authorizes certain seaports to designate no anchoring or mooring zones.
Issue
Intended to implement port security measures, promote the safety and security of residents, and ensure that freight and passenger commerce is not impeded.
Creates a new section in the Florida Statutes, 311.104.
Allows seaports to apply to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to establish no anchoring or mooring zones.
Requires seaports to annually review the boundaries of approved no anchoring or mooring zones.
Requires seaports to submit a revised application under certain circumstances.
Notes
Dead. Same as SB 594.
History
02/20/2025 Filed in House.
02/26/2025 Referred to House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee.
02/26/2025 Referred to House Committee on Commerce.
02/26/2025 Referred to House Committee on State Affairs.
02/26/2025 In House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee.
03/04/2025 First reading in House.
03/21/2025 Added to House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda.
03/25/2025 Favorable with Committee Substitute by House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee.
03/26/2025 Reported out of House Natural Resources and; Disasters Subcommittee.
03/26/2025 Laid on Table in House.
03/26/2025 House Committee Substitute filed with House.
03/26/2025 First reading of Committee Substitute in House.
03/27/2025 Referred to House Committees on Commerce, and State Affairs. Now in Commerce Committee.
04/15/2025 Passed favorably with Committee Substitute by House Committee on Commerce.
04/16/2025 Committee Substitute filed in House.
04/17/2025 First reading of Committee Substitute in House.
04/18/2025 Referred to House Committee on State Affairs.
05/03/2025 Indefinitely postponed in House and withdrawn from consideration.