CS/SB 700: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
GENERAL BILL by Agriculture ; Truenow
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing that certain positions in the department are exempt from the Career Service System; prohibiting a person from knowingly or willfully performing certain actions on lands classified as agricultural; requiring that certain lands acquired or owned by an electric utility be offered for fee simple acquisition by the department before the land may be offered for sale or transfer to a private individual or entity; requiring local governmental entities to issue permits for electric vehicle charging stations based on specified standards and provisions of law, etc.
Last Action: 3/13/2025 Senate - Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/13/2025 Senate • Filed
2/25/2025 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/6/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/11/2025 Senate • CS by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
3/13/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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CS/SB 700, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/13/2025 at 9:33 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (4)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 651 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Tuck, Alvarez Similar Last Action: 3/14/2025 H Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda H 1159 Agriculture Abbott Compare Last Action: 2/27/2025 H Withdrawn prior to introduction S 84 Housing for Legally Verified Agricultural Workers Collins Compare Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced S 1194 Mail Theft DiCeglie Compare Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced Citations - Statutes (133)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 110.205 Career service; exemptions. Page 19 (pdf) 125.01 Powers and duties. Page 103 (pdf) 163.3162 Agricultural Lands and Practices. Page 20 (pdf), Page 104RE (pdf) 163.3163 Applications for development permits; disclosure and acknowledgment of contiguous sustainable agricultural land. Page 106 (pdf) 163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions. Page 107 (pdf) 163.3194 Legal status of comprehensive plan. Page 108 (pdf) 170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited. Page 108 (pdf) 189.062 Special procedures for inactive districts. Page 127 (pdf) 193.052 Preparation and serving of returns. Page 109 (pdf) 193.4615 Assessment of obsolete agricultural equipment. Page 110 (pdf) 201.25 Tax exemptions for certain loans. Page 26 (pdf) 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. Page 110 (pdf) 253.0341 Surplus of state-owned lands. Page 26 (pdf) 295.07 Preference in appointment and retention. Page 102 (pdf) 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. Page 27 (pdf) 366.20 Page 30 (pdf) 366.94 Electric vehicle charging. Page 31 (pdf) 373.406 Exemptions. Page 112 (pdf) 388.011 Definitions. Page 33 (pdf) 388.021 Creation of mosquito control districts. Page 33 (pdf) 388.181 Power to do all things necessary. Page 34 (pdf) 388.201 District budgets; hearing. Page 34 (pdf) 388.241 Board of county commissioners vested with powers and duties of board of commissioners in certain counties. Page 36 (pdf) 388.261 State aid to counties and districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and limitations. Page 36 (pdf), Page 129RE (pdf) 388.271 Prerequisites to participation. Page 38 (pdf) 388.281 Use of state matching funds. Page 39 (pdf) 388.291 Source reduction measures; supervision by department. Page 40 (pdf) 388.301 Payment of state funds; supplies and services. Page 40 (pdf) 388.311 Carry over of state funds and local funds. Page 41 (pdf) 388.321 Equipment to become property of the county or district. Page 41 (pdf) 388.322 Record and inventory of certain property. Page 41 (pdf) 388.323 Disposal of surplus property. Page 42 (pdf) 388.341 Reports of expenditures and accomplishments. Page 42 (pdf) 388.351 Transfer of equipment, personnel, and supplies during an emergency. Page 43 (pdf) 388.361 Department authority and rules; administration. Page 43 (pdf) 388.3711 Enforcement. Page 43 (pdf) 388.381 Cooperation by counties and district. Page 44 (pdf) 388.391 Control measures in municipalities and portions of counties located outside boundaries of districts. Page 45 (pdf) 388.401 Penalty for damage to property or operations. Page 45 (pdf) 388.46 Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control; establishment; membership; organization; responsibilities. Page 46 (pdf) 403.067 Establishment and implementation of total maximum daily loads. Page 47 (pdf) 403.182 Local pollution control programs. Page 113 (pdf) 403.852 Definitions; ss. 403.850-403.864. Page 50 (pdf) 403.859 Prohibited acts. Page 50 (pdf) 403.9337 Model Ordinance for Florida-Friendly Fertilizer Use on Urban Landscapes. Page 114 (pdf) 472.029 Authorization to enter lands of third parties; conditions. Page 114 (pdf) 474.2021 Veterinary telehealth. Page 114 (pdf) 474.2165 Ownership and control of veterinary medical patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished. Page 115 (pdf) 482.072 Pest control customer contact centers. Page 129 (pdf) 482.111 Pest control operator’s certificate. Page 51 (pdf) 482.141 Examinations. Page 52 (pdf) 482.155 Limited certification for governmental pesticide applicators or private applicators. Page 52 (pdf) 482.156 Limited certification for commercial landscape maintenance personnel. Page 53 (pdf) 482.157 Limited certification for commercial wildlife management personnel. Page 54 (pdf) 482.161 Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement. Page 55 (pdf) 482.163 Responsibility for pest control activities of employee. Page 130 (pdf) 487.044 Certification; examination. Page 55 (pdf) 487.081 Exemptions. Page 116 (pdf) 487.156 Governmental agencies. Page 131 (pdf) 487.175 Penalties; administrative fine; injunction. Page 56 (pdf) 496.404 Definitions. Page 57 (pdf) 496.405 Registration statements by charitable organizations and sponsors. Page 58 (pdf) 496.4055 Charitable organization or sponsor board duties. Page 131 (pdf) 496.406 Exemption from registration. Page 131 (pdf) 496.415 Prohibited acts. Page 61 (pdf) 496.417 Criminal penalties. Page 61 (pdf) 496.419 Powers of the department. Page 61 (pdf) 496.431 Page 62 (pdf) 500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability. Page 62 (pdf) 500.12 Food permits; building permits. Page 63 (pdf) 500.121 Disciplinary procedures. Page 133 (pdf) 500.166 Records of interstate shipment. Page 65 (pdf) 500.172 Embargoing, detaining, destroying of food, food processing equipment, or areas that are in violation. Page 65 (pdf) 500.75 Page 66 (pdf) 500.80 Cottage food operations. Page 132 (pdf) 500.93 Page 67 (pdf) 501.135 Consumer unit pricing. Page 69 (pdf) 501.912 Definitions. Page 69 (pdf) 525.19 Page 70 (pdf) 526.147 Page 70 (pdf) 531.48 Declarations of unit price on random packages. Page 72 (pdf) 531.49 Advertising packages for sale. Page 72 (pdf) 570.07 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; functions, powers, and duties. Page 72 (pdf) 570.544 Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; processing of complaints; records. Page 73 (pdf) 570.546 Page 74 (pdf) 570.694 Page 74 (pdf) 570.822 Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program. Page 75 (pdf) 570.823 Page 81 (pdf) 570.85 Agritourism. Page 117 (pdf) 570.87 Agritourism participation impact on land classification. Page 117 (pdf) 570.94 Best management practices for wildlife. Page 118 (pdf) 581.1843 Citrus nursery stock propagation and production and the establishment of regulated areas around citrus nurseries. Page 82 (pdf) 582.19 Qualifications and tenure of supervisors. Page 119 (pdf) 586.055 Location of apiaries. Page 119 (pdf) 593.101 Short title. Page 84 (pdf) 593.102 Definitions. Page 84 (pdf) 593.103 Powers and duties of department. Page 84 (pdf) 593.104 Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections. Page 84 (pdf) 593.105 Reports by persons growing cotton. Page 84 (pdf) 593.106 Quarantine; regulation of articles within eradication zone. Page 84 (pdf) 593.107 Regulation of collection, transportation, distribution, and movement of cotton. Page 84 (pdf) 593.108 Cooperative programs authorized. Page 84 (pdf) 593.109 Authority to designate eradication zones, prohibit planting of cotton, and require participation in eradication program. Page 84 (pdf) 593.11 Authority to regulate pasturage, entry, and honeybee colonies in eradication zones and other areas. Page 84 (pdf) 593.111 Eligibility for certification of cotton growers’ organization. Page 84 (pdf) 593.112 Certification of cotton growers’ organization. Page 84 (pdf) 593.113 Referendum. Page 84 (pdf) 593.114 Assessments. Page 84 (pdf) 593.1141 Authority to enter agreements with the Farm Service Agency. Page 84 (pdf) 593.1142 Liens. Page 84 (pdf) 593.115 Mandamus or injunction. Page 84 (pdf) 593.116 Penalty for violation. Page 84 (pdf) 593.117 Handling of moneys received. Page 84 (pdf) 595.404 School food and other nutrition programs; powers and duties of the department. Page 84 (pdf) 599.002 Viticulture Advisory Council. Page 84 (pdf) 599.003 State Viticulture Plan. Page 85 (pdf) 599.004 Florida Farm Winery Program; registration; logo; fees. Page 87 (pdf) 599.012 Viticulture Trust Fund; creation. Page 88 (pdf) 604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 120 (pdf) 604.73 Urban agriculture pilot projects; local regulation of urban agriculture. Page 120 (pdf) 616.12 Licenses upon certain shows; distribution of fees; exemptions. Page 88 (pdf) 687.16 Page 89 (pdf) 692.201 Definitions. Page 121 (pdf) 741.0305 Marriage fee reduction for completion of premarital preparation course. Page 91 (pdf) 741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. Page 121 (pdf) 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm. Page 92 (pdf) 790.061 Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure provisions. Page 133 (pdf) 810.011 Definitions. Page 125 (pdf) 812.0151 Retail fuel theft. Page 98 (pdf) 812.136 Page 100 (pdf) 823.14 Florida Right to Farm Act. Page 126 (pdf) 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone. Page 101 (pdf) 1013.373 Page 102 (pdf) -
SB 700, Original Filed Version Posted 2/13/2025 at 12:04 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 3/10/2025 (pdf)
Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 3/13/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 651 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Tuck, Alvarez Similar Last Action: 3/14/2025 H Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda H 1159 Agriculture Abbott Compare Last Action: 2/27/2025 H Withdrawn prior to introduction S 1194 Mail Theft DiCeglie Compare Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced Committee Amendments (2)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 292806 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Agriculture
(Truenow)3/10/2025
10:54 AMWithdrawn
3/11/2025Web Page
PDF507790 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Agriculture
(Truenow)3/10/2025
3:17 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/11/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/11/2025 4:00 PM Agriculture 6 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (133)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 110.205 Career service; exemptions. Page 18 (pdf) 125.01 Powers and duties. Page 96 (pdf) 163.3162 Agricultural Lands and Practices. Page 97 (pdf) 163.3163 Applications for development permits; disclosure and acknowledgment of contiguous sustainable agricultural land. Page 100 (pdf) 163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions. Page 100 (pdf) 163.3194 Legal status of comprehensive plan. Page 101 (pdf) 170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited. Page 102 (pdf) 186.801 Ten-year site plans. Page 19 (pdf) 189.062 Special procedures for inactive districts. Page 121 (pdf) 193.052 Preparation and serving of returns. Page 102 (pdf) 193.461 Agricultural lands; classification and assessment; mandated eradication or quarantine program; natural disasters. Page 20 (pdf) 193.4615 Assessment of obsolete agricultural equipment. Page 103 (pdf) 201.25 Tax exemptions for certain loans. Page 21 (pdf) 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. Page 103 (pdf) 295.07 Preference in appointment and retention. Page 96 (pdf) 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. Page 22 (pdf) 366.20 Page 25 (pdf) 366.94 Electric vehicle charging. Page 26 (pdf) 373.406 Exemptions. Page 106 (pdf) 388.011 Definitions. Page 28 (pdf) 388.021 Creation of mosquito control districts. Page 28 (pdf) 388.181 Power to do all things necessary. Page 29 (pdf) 388.201 District budgets; hearing. Page 29 (pdf) 388.241 Board of county commissioners vested with powers and duties of board of commissioners in certain counties. Page 30 (pdf) 388.261 State aid to counties and districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and limitations. Page 31 (pdf), Page 122 (pdf) 388.271 Prerequisites to participation. Page 33 (pdf) 388.281 Use of state matching funds. Page 34 (pdf) 388.291 Source reduction measures; supervision by department. Page 34 (pdf) 388.301 Payment of state funds; supplies and services. Page 35 (pdf) 388.311 Carry over of state funds and local funds. Page 35 (pdf) 388.321 Equipment to become property of the county or district. Page 36 (pdf) 388.322 Record and inventory of certain property. Page 36 (pdf) 388.323 Disposal of surplus property. Page 36 (pdf) 388.341 Reports of expenditures and accomplishments. Page 37 (pdf) 388.351 Transfer of equipment, personnel, and supplies during an emergency. Page 37 (pdf) 388.361 Department authority and rules; administration. Page 37 (pdf) 388.3711 Enforcement. Page 38 (pdf) 388.381 Cooperation by counties and district. Page 39 (pdf) 388.391 Control measures in municipalities and portions of counties located outside boundaries of districts. Page 39 (pdf) 388.401 Penalty for damage to property or operations. Page 40 (pdf) 388.46 Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control; establishment; membership; organization; responsibilities. Page 40 (pdf) 403.067 Establishment and implementation of total maximum daily loads. Page 41 (pdf) 403.182 Local pollution control programs. Page 106 (pdf) 403.852 Definitions; ss. 403.850-403.864. Page 45 (pdf) 403.859 Prohibited acts. Page 45 (pdf) 403.9337 Model Ordinance for Florida-Friendly Fertilizer Use on Urban Landscapes. Page 107 (pdf) 472.029 Authorization to enter lands of third parties; conditions. Page 107 (pdf) 474.2021 Veterinary telehealth. Page 108 (pdf) 474.2165 Ownership and control of veterinary medical patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished. Page 108 (pdf) 482.072 Pest control customer contact centers. Page 123 (pdf) 482.111 Pest control operator’s certificate. Page 45 (pdf) 482.141 Examinations. Page 46 (pdf) 482.155 Limited certification for governmental pesticide applicators or private applicators. Page 47 (pdf) 482.156 Limited certification for commercial landscape maintenance personnel. Page 48 (pdf) 482.157 Limited certification for commercial wildlife management personnel. Page 48 (pdf) 482.161 Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement. Page 49 (pdf) 482.163 Responsibility for pest control activities of employee. Page 123 (pdf) 487.044 Certification; examination. Page 50 (pdf) 487.081 Exemptions. Page 109 (pdf) 487.156 Governmental agencies. Page 124 (pdf) 487.175 Penalties; administrative fine; injunction. Page 51 (pdf) 496.404 Definitions. Page 51 (pdf) 496.405 Registration statements by charitable organizations and sponsors. Page 53 (pdf) 496.4055 Charitable organization or sponsor board duties. Page 124 (pdf) 496.406 Exemption from registration. Page 125 (pdf) 496.415 Prohibited acts. Page 54 (pdf) 496.417 Criminal penalties. Page 55 (pdf) 496.419 Powers of the department. Page 55 (pdf) 496.431 Page 56 (pdf) 500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability. Page 56 (pdf) 500.12 Food permits; building permits. Page 57 (pdf) 500.121 Disciplinary procedures. Page 126 (pdf) 500.166 Records of interstate shipment. Page 59 (pdf) 500.172 Embargoing, detaining, destroying of food, food processing equipment, or areas that are in violation. Page 59 (pdf) 500.75 Page 60 (pdf) 500.80 Cottage food operations. Page 126 (pdf) 500.93 Page 61 (pdf) 501.135 Consumer unit pricing. Page 62 (pdf) 501.912 Definitions. Page 63 (pdf) 525.19 Page 63 (pdf) 526.147 Page 64 (pdf) 531.48 Declarations of unit price on random packages. Page 65 (pdf) 531.49 Advertising packages for sale. Page 65 (pdf) 570.07 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; functions, powers, and duties. Page 66 (pdf) 570.544 Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; processing of complaints; records. Page 66 (pdf) 570.546 Page 67 (pdf) 570.822 Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program. Page 67 (pdf) 570.823 Page 73 (pdf) 570.85 Agritourism. Page 112 (pdf) 570.87 Agritourism participation impact on land classification. Page 110 (pdf) 570.94 Best management practices for wildlife. Page 111 (pdf) 581.1843 Citrus nursery stock propagation and production and the establishment of regulated areas around citrus nurseries. Page 75 (pdf) 582.19 Qualifications and tenure of supervisors. Page 111 (pdf) 586.055 Location of apiaries. Page 113 (pdf) 593.101 Short title. Page 77 (pdf) 593.102 Definitions. Page 77 (pdf) 593.103 Powers and duties of department. Page 77 (pdf) 593.104 Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections. Page 77 (pdf) 593.105 Reports by persons growing cotton. Page 77 (pdf) 593.106 Quarantine; regulation of articles within eradication zone. Page 77 (pdf) 593.107 Regulation of collection, transportation, distribution, and movement of cotton. Page 77 (pdf) 593.108 Cooperative programs authorized. Page 77 (pdf) 593.109 Authority to designate eradication zones, prohibit planting of cotton, and require participation in eradication program. Page 77 (pdf) 593.11 Authority to regulate pasturage, entry, and honeybee colonies in eradication zones and other areas. Page 77 (pdf) 593.111 Eligibility for certification of cotton growers’ organization. Page 77 (pdf) 593.112 Certification of cotton growers’ organization. Page 77 (pdf) 593.113 Referendum. Page 77 (pdf) 593.114 Assessments. Page 77 (pdf) 593.1141 Authority to enter agreements with the Farm Service Agency. Page 77 (pdf) 593.1142 Liens. Page 77 (pdf) 593.115 Mandamus or injunction. Page 77 (pdf) 593.116 Penalty for violation. Page 77 (pdf) 593.117 Handling of moneys received. Page 77 (pdf) 595.404 School food and other nutrition programs; powers and duties of the department. Page 77 (pdf) 599.002 Viticulture Advisory Council. Page 77 (pdf) 599.003 State Viticulture Plan. Page 78 (pdf) 599.004 Florida Farm Winery Program; registration; logo; fees. Page 80 (pdf) 599.012 Viticulture Trust Fund; creation. Page 80 (pdf) 604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 113 (pdf) 604.73 Urban agriculture pilot projects; local regulation of urban agriculture. Page 114 (pdf) 616.12 Licenses upon certain shows; distribution of fees; exemptions. Page 81 (pdf) 687.16 Page 82 (pdf) 692.201 Definitions. Page 114 (pdf) 741.0305 Marriage fee reduction for completion of premarital preparation course. Page 84 (pdf) 741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. Page 116 (pdf) 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm. Page 85 (pdf) 790.061 Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure provisions. Page 127 (pdf) 790.33 Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted. Page 91 (pdf) 810.011 Definitions. Page 114 (pdf) 812.0151 Retail fuel theft. Page 92 (pdf) 812.136 Page 93 (pdf) 823.14 Florida Right to Farm Act. Page 120 (pdf) 1013.373 Page 95 (pdf)