The Florida Senate

SB 578: Marina Evacuations

GENERAL BILL by Wright

Marina Evacuations; Prohibiting vessels under a specified weight from remaining in certain marinas that have been deemed unsuitable for refuge during a hurricane after the issuance of a hurricane watch; requiring a marina owner, operator, employee, or agent to remove specified vessels under certain circumstances; providing that such owner, operator, employee, or agent may charge the vessel owner a reasonable fee for such removal and may not be held liable for any damages as a result of such removal, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/12/2021	Senate	• Filed
  1/21/2021	Senate	• Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Transportation; Rules -SJ 76
  1/25/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/01/21, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/1/2021	Senate	• Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 177 • Now in Transportation
  2/8/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/16/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/16/2021	Senate	• Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 177
  2/17/2021	Senate	• Now in Rules
  3/1/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/04/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  3/2/2021	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 76
  3/4/2021	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 191 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/9/2021	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/21 -SJ 465
  4/14/2021	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 438 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 223 -SJ 438 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 223 (Ch. 2021-108) -SJ 438

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• SB 578, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/12/2021 at 12:50 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2021 (pdf) Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 2/1/2021 (pdf) Transportation (Pre-Meeting) 2/12/2021 (pdf) Transportation (Post-Meeting) 2/17/2021 (pdf) Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/2/2021 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2021 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 223 (er)	Marina Evacuations	State Affairs Committee	Similar	Last Action: 6/17/2021 Chapter No. 2021-108

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  2/1/2021 2:30 PM	Environment and Natural Resources	4 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/16/2021 3:30 PM	Transportation	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  3/4/2021 9:00 AM	Rules	16 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  327.59	Marina evacuations.	Page 1 (pdf)

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