Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S840: Land Use Regulations for Local Governments Affected by Natural Disasters
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Prohibiting impacted local governments from enforcing certain moratoriums, requiring the repair or reconstruction of certain improvements to meet certain requirements, or enforcing changes to specified procedures; revising circumstances under which impacted local governments may enforce certain amendments, site plans, development permits, or development orders; deleting provisions related to filing suit against an impacted local government for injunctive relief, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to land use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters; amending s. 252.422, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "impacted local government"; prohibiting impacted local governments from enforcing certain moratoriums, requiring the repair or reconstruction of certain improvements to meet certain requirements, or enforcing changes to specified procedures; revising circumstances under which impacted local governments may enforce certain amendments, site plans, development permits, or development orders; providing applicability…
From the introduced text, December 10, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to land use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters; amending s. 252.422, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "impacted local government"; prohibiting impacted local governments from enforcing certain moratoriums, requiring the repair or reconstruction of certain improvements to meet certain requirements, or enforcing changes to specified procedures; revising circumstances under which impacted local governments may enforce certain amendments, site plans, development permits, or development orders; providing applicability; authorizing impacted local governments to require a property owner to provide specified documentation; deleting provisions related to filing suit against an impacted local government for injunctive relief; providing construction; deleting obsolete language; amending chapter 2025-190, Laws of Florida; revising the timeframe within which certain counties are prohibited from proposing or adopting certain moratoriums, amendments, or procedures; revising a future expiration date; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 252.422, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 252.422 Restrictions on county or municipal regulations after a hurricane.-- (1) As used in this section, the term "impacted local government" means a county listed in a federal disaster declaration located entirely or partially within 50 [DELETED: 100] miles of the track of a storm declared to be a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center while …