Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1035: Nature-based Coastal Resiliency
Status: Passed one chamber, March 9, 2026
Authorizes certain dredging & filling of submerged lands & placement of certain shorelines & seawalls within Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; authorizes erection of specified structures within aquatic preserves; requires DEP to develop by specified date guidelines & standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency; requires DEP & local governments to promote nature-based solutions for coastal resiliency.
What the bill says
An act relating to nature-based coastal resiliency; amending s. 258.397, F.S.; authorizing certain dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; amending s. 258.42, F.S.; authorizing the erection of certain structures within aquatic preserves; creating s. 380.0938, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, by a specified date, to develop guidelines and standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency…
From the introduced text, February 17, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to nature-based coastal resiliency; amending s. 258.397, F.S.; authorizing certain dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; amending s. 258.42, F.S.; authorizing the erection of certain structures within aquatic preserves; creating s. 380.0938, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, by a specified date, to develop guidelines and standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency; requiring the department and local governments to promote nature-based solutions for coastal resiliency; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (3) of section 258.397, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 258.397 Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve.-- (3) AUTHORITY OF TRUSTEES.--The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund is authorized and directed to maintain the aquatic preserve hereby created pursuant and subject to the following provisions: (b) No further dredging or filling of submerged lands of words underlined are additions. hb1035-01-c1 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/HB 1035 2026 the preserve shall be approved or tolerated by the board of trustees except: 1. Such minimum dredging and spoiling as may be authorized for public navigation projects or for such minimum dredging and spoiling as may be constituted as a public necessity or …
Sponsors
- Mooney, Jim (R, HD-120) · primary sponsor
- Basabe, Fabián (R, HD-106)
- Chaney, Linda (R, HD-061)
- Conerly, Bill (R, HD-072)
- Cross, Lindsay (D, HD-060)
- Eskamani, Anna (D, HD-042)
- Gossett-Seidman, Peggy (R, HD-091)
- Porras, Juan (R, HD-119)
Latest actions
- : Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 302 (Ch. 2026-1)
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
- : Bill referred to House Calendar
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- : Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- : Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- : Now in State Affairs Committee
Votes
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 17, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 17, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H1035?
- H1035 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Nature-based Coastal Resiliency.
- What does H1035 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to nature-based coastal resiliency; amending s. 258.397, F.S.; authorizing certain dredging and filling of submerged lands and placement of certain shorelines and seawalls within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve; amending s. 258.42, F.S.; authorizing the erection of certain structures within aquatic preserves; creating s. 380.0938, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, by a specified date, to develop guidelines and standards for nature-based methods to address coastal resiliency…
- What is the status of H1035?
- Passed one chamber as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 302 (Ch. 2026-1) (March 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1035?
- Mooney, Jim (R, HD-120), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1035?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1035
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