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CS/SB 1766: Flood Damage Prevention

GENERAL BILL by Environment and Natural Resources ; Rodriguez

Flood Damage Prevention; Citing this act as the “Flood Damage Prevention Act of 2024”; providing specified maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction and substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibiting voluntary freeboard from being used in the calculation of the maximum allowable height for certain construction; requiring the Florida Building Commission to develop and adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements by a specified date and to incorporate such requirements into the next edition of the Florida Building Code, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

  • CS/SB 1766, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/31/2024 at 8:46 AM

  • SB 1766, Original Filed Version Posted 1/5/2024 at 8:04 PM