HB 481: Anchoring Limitation Areas
GENERAL BILL by Lopez, V.
Anchoring Limitation Areas; Restricts local regulation of vessels outside marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties & areas of critical state concern; 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: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/11/2025 House - Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/11/2025 House - Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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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
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HB 481, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/7/2025 at 3:12 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 866 Anchoring Limitation Areas Martin Identical Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced 
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 972487 - Amendment
Remove lines 25-60 and insert:Lopez, V. 3/10/2025
10:00 AMAdopted
3/11/2025PDF Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 327.4108 Anchoring of vessels in anchoring limitation areas. Page 2 (pdf) 327.4109 Anchoring or mooring prohibited; exceptions; penalties. Page 3 (pdf) 327.60 Local regulations; limitations. Page 1 (pdf)