Florida legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Florida H943: Real Property and Land Use and Development
Status: Introduced, February 24, 2025
Authorizes board of county commissioners & governing body of municipality, respectively, to approve development of housing that is affordable on parcels owned by religious institutions; prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from requiring proposed multifamily development to obtain transfer of density or development units, requiring specified percentage of total square footage of mixed-residential projects be used for nonresidential purposes, restricting density of proposed development below highest density, restricting floor area ratio of proposed development below certain percentage of highest floor area ratio & restricting height of proposed development below highest height; requires counties & municipalities, respectively, to reduce parking requirements by specified percentage; prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from imposing or enforcing certain building moratorium; requires local government to designate certain property as historic by adoption of local preservation ordinance; establishes state policy to support affordable workforce housing for employees of health care facilities & governmental entities.
Sponsors
- Commerce Committee · primary sponsor
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee · primary sponsor
- Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee · primary sponsor
- Vicki Lopez (R, HD-113) · primary sponsor
- Alvarez, Jose (D, HD-046)
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
Votes
- House Commerce Committee (April 22, 2025): 20 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (April 9, 2025): 13 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (March 25, 2025): 14 yea, 1 nay, passed