HB 579 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Land Use and Development

Summary

Land Use and Development; Requires counties & municipalities, respectively, to meet specified requirements regarding minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; prohibits school district from collecting, charging, or imposing any alternative fee for concurrency for educational facilities that does not meet certain requirements; specifies certain purposes for which local governments may use certain fees to carry out activities relating to obtaining or finalizing building permit; prohibits imposition or collection of amenity dues except as provided in recreational covenant; prohibits recreational covenant from requiring association to collect amenity dues; requires specified disclosure summary beginning on date certain for contracts for sale of certain parcels; requires any contract or agreement for sale of parcel governed by homeowners’ association & subject to recreational covenant to refer to & incorporate such disclosure after date certain.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 579 c1 → H 579 c2 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was significantly expanded from a 13-page version to a 36-page version, adding major provisions about recreational covenants, amenity dues, and ethanol production while retaining original land development requirements. This expansion substantially broadens the bill's scope beyond local government land development to include homeowners' association regulations and environmental production definitions.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from primarily local government land development to include recreational covenants, amenity dues, homeowners' association regulations, ethanol production definitions, and comprehensive plan amendment procedures.

SCOPE

Added provisions prohibiting school districts from charging alternative concurrency fees for educational facilities that don't meet specific requirements.

Added new section prohibiting recreational covenants from requiring homeowners' associations to collect amenity dues.

Added provisions stating that ethanol production from certain plants does not constitute chemical manufacturing or refining.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirements for recreational covenant disclosures in parcel sale contracts and provisions for purchasers to void contracts if disclosures aren't provided.

Added provisions requiring comprehensive plan amendments to be formally adopted within a certain time period or deemed withdrawn if not adopted at specified hearings.

TIMELINE

Changed bill identifier from 'CS/HB 579' to 'CS/CS/HB 579', indicating this is a second committee version with additional amendments.

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Committee

Apr 24, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

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