The Florida Senate

CS/HB 837: Affordable Housing

GENERAL BILL by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee ; Busatta

Affordable Housing; Revises definitions of certain land use categories for which certain residential development may be authorized to exclude farms & farm operations & uses associated therewith; revises definition of term "industrial use" to exclude certain facilities.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/18/2025	House	• Filed
  1/5/2026	House	• Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee • Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/16/2026	House	• Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
  1/21/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  1/22/2026	House	• Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  1/23/2026	House	• Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  2/10/2026	House	• Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
  2/12/2026	House	• Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Now in Commerce Committee
  2/16/2026	House	• Added to Commerce Committee agenda
  2/18/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

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• CS/HB 837, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/22/2026 at 1:50 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2026 (pdf) Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/16/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 962	Affordable Housing	Bradley	Identical	Last Action: 2/18/2026 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  H 1389 (c1)	Affordable Housing	Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 2/18/2026 H Now in Commerce Committee
  S 1548	Affordable Housing	Calatayud	Compare	Last Action: 2/4/2026 S Now in Fiscal Policy

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  560863 - Amendment Remove lines 75-136 and insert:	Busatta	2/17/2026 4:27 PM	Adopted without Objection 2/18/2026	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  125.01055	Affordable housing.	Page 1 (pdf)
  166.04151	Affordable housing.	Page 4 (pdf)

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• HB 837, Original Filed Version Posted 12/18/2025 at 3:51 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/22/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 962	Affordable Housing	Bradley	Identical	Last Action: 2/18/2026 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  S 1548	Affordable Housing	Calatayud	Compare	Last Action: 2/4/2026 S Now in Fiscal Policy

  Committee Amendments (3)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  899999 - Amendment Remove lines 44-45 and insert:	Busatta	1/16/2026 5:02 PM	Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026	PDF
  239997 - Amendment Remove lines 106-107 and insert:	Busatta	1/20/2026 1:40 PM	Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026	PDF
  965431 - Strike All Amendment Remove lines 106-107 and insert:	Busatta	1/20/2026 10:12 AM	Withdrawn Prior to Consideration 1/20/2026	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  125.01055	Affordable housing.	Page 1 (pdf)
  166.04151	Affordable housing.	Page 3 (pdf)

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