The Florida Senate

SB 1020: Regulation of Chickees

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

Regulation of Chickees; Defining the term “chickee”; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinances, regulations, or policies that prevent construction of chickees under certain circumstances or that are more restrictive than federal floodplain management regulations; providing that later incorporation of certain features into an existing chickee requires a permit; providing criminal penalties for persons who are not members of specific tribes and who construct chickees in an attempt to circumvent the Florida Building Code, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/29/2025	Senate	• Filed
  1/7/2026	Senate	• Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules

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• SB 1020, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/29/2025 at 11:08 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 929	Local Government Regulation of Chickees	Cobb	Similar	Last Action: 12/29/2025 H Filed

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  125.573		Page 1 (pdf)
  166.0487		Page 2 (pdf)
  553.73	Florida Building Code.	Page 2 (pdf)
  633.202	Florida Fire Prevention Code.	Page 4 (pdf)

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