SB 636: Beach Management
GENERAL BILL by Leek
Beach Management; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to review certain data when designating certain beaches as critically eroded and in need of restoration and nourishment; requiring that certain beaches, whose local government preserved funds for a certain purpose and which possess specified features, be designated as critically eroded; revising the list of areas that may receive designation as an area of critical state concern, etc.
Senate Committee References:
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/20/2025 Senate • Filed
12/9/2025 Senate • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
1/8/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/13/2026 Senate • Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
• Introduced
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SB 636, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/20/2025 at 4:28 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2026 (pdf)
Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 1/13/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1297 Beach Management Greco Identical Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/13/2026 1:30 PM Environment and Natural Resources 8 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 161.101 State and local participation in authorized projects and studies relating to beach management and erosion control. Page 1 (pdf) 161.161 Procedure for approval of projects. Page 4 (pdf) 380.045 Resource planning and management committees; objectives; procedures. Page 6 (pdf) 380.05 Areas of critical state concern. Page 4 (pdf)