CS/CS/HB 481: Anchoring Limitation Areas
GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee ; Lopez, V.
Anchoring Limitation Areas; Restricts local regulation of vessels outside marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties; designates specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; increases prohibited anchoring & mooring distance of vessels & floating structures near public mooring fields.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 4/10/2025 House - Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 4/10/2025 House - Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/7/2025 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/19/2025 | House |
• Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee |
| 3/4/2025 | House |
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/7/2025 | House |
• Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda |
| 3/11/2025 | House |
• Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee |
| 3/12/2025 | House |
• Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| 3/13/2025 | House |
• Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee |
| 3/18/2025 | House |
• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda |
| 3/31/2025 | House |
• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda |
| 4/2/2025 | House |
• Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee • Reported out of State Affairs Committee |
| 4/3/2025 | House |
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) |
| 4/4/2025 | House |
• Bill referred to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| 4/10/2025 | House |
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025) |
