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  • Introduced
    Jan 04, 2024
  • Passed House
  • Passed Senate
  • Signed into Law
HB 1239
Florida House Bill
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Affordable Housing; Prohibits counties & municipalities from restricting floor area ratio; authorizes counties & municipalities to restrict height; prohibits counties & municipalities from using public hearings or any other quasi-judicial board or reviewing body to approve proposed development; prohibits counties & municipalities from restricting maximum lot size below specified size; requires counties & municipalities to maintain certain policy on their websites; requires counties & municipalities to reduce parking requirements; provides requirements for developments located within transit-oriented development or area; prohibits review or approval by county or municipality of application for development permit or order from being conditioned upon waiver, forbearance, or abandonment of any development right. APPROPRIATION: $100,000,000
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House • Feb 27, 2024: Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 328
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Companion Bills
Affordable Housing; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the floor area ratio of certain proposed developments under certain circumstances; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to restrict the height of proposed developments under certain circumstances; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to maintain a certain policy on their we...
Housing Developments; Revises definition of "urban infill"; authorizes DEP to provide grants to CDDs for specified purposes; authorizes CDDs to submit list of proposed projects to DEP; revises definition of "modern-income persons"; requires total number of units for new developments or redevelopments to be based on plans that include certain factors; prohibits projects from requiring tax credits o...
Taxation; Providing that a taxpayer has a right to know certain information regarding property determined not to have been entitled to a homestead exemption; requiring that the owner be given a specified timeframe to pay certain taxes, penalties, and interest prior to a lien being filed; providing that such lien is subject to certain provisions; prohibiting the taxpayer from being assessed certain...
Affordable Housing Parking Requirements; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to reduce parking requirements for certain developments if they are located within a specified distance of a major transportation hub; defining the term “major transportation hub”, etc.
Housing Developments; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to provide certain grants to community development districts for specified purposes; requiring the total number of units for certain new developments or redevelopments to be based on plans that include certain factors; prohibiting certain projects from requiring certain tax credits or bond financing; authorizing the corpo...
Taxation; Prohibiting a plan for tourist development from allocating more than a certain percentage of the tax revenue to a publicly owned and operated convention center for certain purposes, unless approved by a supermajority vote; providing that a taxpayer has a right to know certain information regarding property determined not to have been entitled to a homestead exemption; revising the defini...

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  • Feb 27, 2024 | House
    • Substituted CS/CS/SB 328
    • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 328
  • Feb 22, 2024 | House
    • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Added to Second Reading Calendar
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
  • Feb 21, 2024 | House
    • Reported out of Appropriations Committee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  • Feb 20, 2024 | House
    • Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
  • Feb 16, 2024 | House
    • Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
  • Feb 09, 2024 | House
    • Original reference removed: Ways & Means Committee
    • Referred to Appropriations Committee
    • Now in Appropriations Committee
  • Feb 08, 2024 | House
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  • Feb 07, 2024 | House
    • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
    • Reported out of State Affairs Committee
  • Feb 05, 2024 | House
    • PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  • Jan 13, 2024 | House
    • Referred to State Affairs Committee
    • Referred to Ways & Means Committee
    • Referred to Appropriations Committee
    • Now in State Affairs Committee
  • Jan 09, 2024 | House
    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • Jan 04, 2024 | House
    • Filed