Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 954
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Rules (Gruters and Rouson) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 31 - 63
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsections (15) and (16) are added to section
6 397.487, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 397.487 Voluntary certification of recovery residences.—
8 (15)(a) By January 1, 2026, the governing body of each
9 county or municipality shall adopt an ordinance establishing
10 procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery
11 residences within its jurisdiction. The ordinance must include a
12 process for requesting reasonable accommodations from any local
13 land use regulation that serves to prohibit the establishment of
14 a certified recovery residence.
15 (b) At a minimum, the ordinance must:
16 1. Be consistent with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of
17 1988, 42 U.S.C. ss. 3601 et seq., and Title II of the Americans
18 with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 12131 et seq.
19 2. Establish a written application process for requesting a
20 reasonable accommodation for the establishment of a certified
21 recovery residence, which application must be submitted to the
22 appropriate local government office.
23 3. Require the local government to date-stamp each
24 application upon receipt. If additional information is required,
25 the local government must notify the applicant in writing within
26 the first 30 days after receipt of the application, and allow
27 the applicant at least 30 days to respond.
28 4. Require the local government to issue a final written
29 determination on the application within 60 days after receipt of
30 a completed application. The determination must:
31 a. Approve the request in whole or in part, with or without
32 conditions; or
33 b. Deny the request, stating with specificity the
34 objective, evidence-based reasons for denial and identifying any
35 deficiencies or actions necessary for reconsideration.
36 5. Provide that if a final written determination is not
37 issued within 60 days after receipt of a completed application,
38 the request is deemed approved unless the parties agree in
39 writing to a reasonable extension of time.
40 6. Require that the application include, at a minimum:
41 a. The name and contact information of the applicant or the
42 applicant’s authorized representative;
43 b. The property address and parcel identification number;
44 and
45 c. A description of the accommodation requested and the
46 specific regulation or policy from which relief is sought.
47 (c) The ordinance may establish additional requirements for
48 the review or approval of reasonable accommodation requests for
49 establishing a certified recovery residence, provided such
50 requirements are consistent with federal law and do not conflict
51 with this subsection.
52 (d) The ordinance may not require public hearings beyond
53 the minimum required by law to grant the requested
54 accommodation.
55 (e) The ordinance may include provisions for the revocation
56 of a granted accommodation of a certified recovery residence for
57 cause, including, but not limited to, a violation of the
58 conditions of approval or the lapse, revocation, or failure to
59 maintain certification or licensure required under this section,
60 if not reinstated within 180 days.
61 (f) The ordinance and establishment of a reasonable
62 accommodation process does not relieve the local government from
63 its obligations under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,
64 42 U.S.C. ss. 3601 et seq., and Title II of the Americans with
65 Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 12131 et seq. The regulation for
66 which the applicant is seeking a reasonable accommodation must
67 not facially discriminate against or otherwise disparately
68 impact the applicant.
69 (16) The application of this section does not supersede any
70 current or future declaration or declaration of condominium
71 adopted pursuant to chapter 718; any cooperative document
72 adopted pursuant to chapter 719; or any declaration or
73 declaration of covenant adopted pursuant to chapter 720.
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75 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
76 And the title is amended as follows:
77 Delete lines 3 - 19
78 and insert:
79 amending s. 397.487, F.S.; requiring, by a specified
80 date, the governing body of each county or
81 municipality to adopt an ordinance to establish
82 procedures for the review and approval of certified
83 recovery residences; requiring that such ordinance
84 include a process for requesting reasonable
85 accommodations from any local land use regulation that
86 serves to prohibit the establishment of a certified
87 recovery residence; specifying criteria for the
88 ordinance; providing that the ordinance may establish
89 additional requirements for the review and approval of
90 reasonable accommodation requests; prohibiting the
91 ordinance from requiring public hearings beyond the
92 minimum required by law; providing that the ordinance
93 may include provisions for revocation of a granted
94 accommodation for cause, if the accommodation is not
95 reinstated within a specified timeframe; requiring
96 that such additional requirements be consistent with
97 federal law and not conflict with the act; providing
98 construction; amending