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Vote Yes on this bill if you want counties to be able to use tourist development tax revenues to operate commuter rail, aiming to ease traffic, reduce pollution, and improve access to jobs and attractions without creating a new tax.
Organizations that support this bill may include regional transportation authorities, commuter rail operators, environmental and smart‑growth groups, and urban business coalitions seeking better mobility.
Vote No on this bill if you want tourist tax dollars reserved for traditional tourism uses such as marketing, venues, and beach projects, avoiding shifts of those funds to transit operations.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include hotel and lodging associations, tourism marketing boards and visitors bureaus, beach restoration and coastal groups, and taxpayer watchdog organizations concerned about fund diversion.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want a statewide process to challenge arbitrary local enforcement, require 30-day reviews, allow lawsuits within 180 days, award attorney fees and up to $50,000 in damages, protect whistleblowers, and preempt conflicting local policies.
Business and development associations, chambers of commerce, property rights groups, and home builders may support this bill for adding clear, uniform limits on local enforcement and providing legal recourse for unfair actions.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve stronger local control over code enforcement, avoid new lawsuits and damage awards against local agencies, and let cities and counties set their own review procedures.
City and county associations, environmental and neighborhood groups, tenant advocates, and public health and safety organizations may oppose this bill for weakening local control and risking reduced enforcement capacity.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want cities and counties to more easily allow small grocery stores that sell healthy foods in food deserts and to collect basic data to track access and outcomes.
Organizations that support this bill may include public health groups, anti-hunger nonprofits, community development organizations, and local governments focused on reducing food deserts.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit local zoning powers for these stores, avoid new reporting requirements on businesses, or leave food access changes to the market.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include business associations wary of new reporting rules, convenience and dollar store groups facing added competition, and limited-government or property-rights advocates.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to cap and itemize local housing fees, stop cities from blocking adjacent residential projects over compatibility, simplify infill approvals, and require a study on removing urban growth boundaries to assess housing costs and other impacts.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders and real estate groups, YIMBY and housing affordability advocates, chambers of commerce, property owners associations, and free-market policy groups that favor statewide limits on local fees and faster approvals.
Vote No on this bill if you want cities and counties to keep broader power to set development fees, deny or delay projects over local compatibility concerns, and maintain strong leverage to manage growth through tools like urban development boundaries without state preemption.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and smart-growth groups, local governments and planning associations, neighborhood and homeowner associations concerned about compatibility, and advocates for strong urban development boundaries.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want earlier public notice, clear appraisals, and stronger oversight when Florida sells or swaps conservation lands, with conservation easements preserved in exchanges.
Organizations that support this bill may include environmental and conservation nonprofits, open-government transparency coalitions, local watershed groups, and community watchdog organizations.
Vote No on this bill if you want fewer posting requirements and quicker, more flexible land sales or exchanges by the state and water districts, even with less public review.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include development and real estate interests seeking faster land deals, some large adjacent landowners, and agencies concerned about added paperwork and delays.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to set one uniform policy for water quality, water use, pollution control, and wetlands, with penalties for local governments that pass their own rules.
Organizations that support this bill may include statewide business and development associations, agricultural and industrial groups, and property rights advocates who favor uniform state rules and fewer local mandates.
Vote No on this bill if you want cities and counties to keep authority to adopt stricter local standards for water, pollution, and wetlands based on community needs.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and conservation groups, water quality advocates, and city and county associations concerned about losing local control and stronger protections.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want faster, by-right approval of infill housing, fewer design mandates on single- and two-family homes, limits on value-based fees, and less red tape that can speed construction and increase housing supply.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders, real estate developers, chambers of commerce, YIMBY and housing affordability advocates, and property rights groups.
Vote No on this bill if you want cities to keep stronger say over neighborhood compatibility and design, preserve public hearings on infill projects, allow broader fee and exaction tools, and slow growth to protect community character and infrastructure.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include city and county governments, planning and historic preservation groups, neighborhood associations, and environmental or smart-growth organizations concerned about local control and infrastructure impacts.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want quicker certification and approval of agricultural enclave housing projects, limits on local hurdles, automatic approval after 90 days, treatment as inside urban service areas, and a streamlined 180-day administrative review.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders and real estate developers, chambers of commerce, property rights advocates, and housing affordability groups seeking faster approvals for residential projects on farm parcels already surrounded by development.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve stronger local planning authority over farmland, avoid automatic approvals and state preemption, reduce pressure to convert agricultural land to housing, and allow more time and public review for growth impacts.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and farmland preservation groups, smart-growth advocates, and local government associations concerned about loss of local control, sprawl, and infrastructure burdens.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to set clear rules and incentives for mangrove, reef, dune, and wetland restoration, speed permits for green and hybrid defenses, train a resilience workforce, and study insurance savings to lower flood risk and premiums.
Environmental organizations, coastal cities and counties, resilience planners, and insurance or reinsurance groups may support this bill for reducing flood risk and potential insurance costs.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new statewide rules on coastal projects, prevent potential restrictions tied to mangrove and shoreline protections, keep permitting unchanged, and stop funding for studies and training programs.
Property rights advocates, some development and marine construction groups, and anti-regulatory or taxpayer watchdog organizations may oppose this bill due to added compliance, perceived limits on waterfront projects, and new spending.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want more transparency, professional appraisals, and public review before conservation lands are sold or exchanged, with clear reasons posted and conservation easements identified to better protect important habitats.
Organizations that support this bill may include environmental and conservation groups, open-government transparency advocates, water resource and land trust organizations, and neighborhood groups that want early public notice on land sales or swaps.
Vote No on this bill if you want fewer procedural steps, less advance posting, and greater flexibility for agencies to quickly sell or trade conservation lands without additional review and disclosure requirements.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include real estate developers, large landowners seeking faster exchanges, and some business or local government groups concerned that added reviews and notices could slow projects or reduce flexibility.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to prioritize and fund beach restoration, require data-driven local beach management plans, and allow low-lying dune-adjacent areas to receive critical state concern status for tighter building and flood protections.
Organizations that support this bill may include coastal counties and cities, environmental and coastal conservation groups, tourism and hospitality associations, and insurers and resilience advocates that favor stronger erosion planning and funding.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit state mandates on local governments, avoid expanding areas subject to stricter development controls, and prevent increased public spending on beach restoration projects.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include property rights and real estate developer groups, some taxpayer watchdog organizations, and homeowners wary of stricter rules in newly designated critical areas.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want faster approvals and fewer local hurdles to turn certain farm parcels near towns into single-family housing, boosting supply and giving landowners more control.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders and real estate associations, chambers of commerce, property rights groups, and rural landowners seeking to develop near existing neighborhoods.
Vote No on this bill if you want stronger local planning and public input, more protection for farmland and open space, and to avoid automatic approvals that could add traffic, taxes, and sprawl.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and conservation groups, smart-growth and planning advocates, county and city associations, and farmland preservation groups concerned about sprawl and costs.