SB 1792 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Dry Sandy Beaches

Summary

Dry Sandy Beaches; Revising the definition of the term “conservation purposes”; revising requirements for tax exemptions for certain real property; revising the goal of a comprehensive, statewide 5-year plan to conserve, restore, and protect certain lands; requiring the Division of State Lands and the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas to establish a pilot program to conduct an inventory of dry sandy beaches in preparation for a specified application, etc.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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S 1792 Filed → S 1792 c1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates Florida's tax exemption laws for conservation land to specifically include dry sandy beaches, requiring the state to conduct an inventory of these beaches and establish a pilot program to prioritize their acquisition. It also modifies the Acquisition and Restoration Council to include a specialist in beach preservation and updates the state's 5-year conservation plan to explicitly include dry sandy beaches as a priority.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of conservation land protection to specifically include dry sandy beaches, which were not previously explicitly mentioned in the tax exemption criteria or state conservation planning goals.

SCOPE

Added 'dry sandy beaches' to the definition of conservation purposes for tax exemption eligibility.

REQUIREMENT

Requires the Division of State Lands and Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas to establish a pilot program to inventory existing dry sandy beaches.

Updated the statewide 5-year conservation plan goal to explicitly include dry sandy beaches as a priority for protection.

Added specific criteria for selecting and prioritizing acquisition of privately owned beach parcels, focusing on contiguous parcels and heavily populated counties.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the Acquisition and Restoration Council composition to require one member to be a specialist in beach and shore preservation.

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Committee

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors