Anchoring Limitation Areas
- Introduced Feb 19, 2025
- In committee Feb 28, 2025
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2025
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Anchoring Limitation Areas ; Restricting local regulation of vessels outside the marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties and areas of critical state concern; designating specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; increasing the prohibited anchoring and mooring distance of vessels and floating structures near public mooring fields, etc.
Every action
8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules · Senate Environment and Natural Resources
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Environment and Natural Resources
- CommitteeFavorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 · Senate Environment and Natural Resources7–1 vote
- CommitteeNow in Community Affairs · Senate Community Affairs
- SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CommitteeDied in Community Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 481 (Ch. 2025-39) · Senate Community Affairs
Roll calls
1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Committee votes
| Date | Where | Question | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 | Senate committee | Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 | Passed 7–1 |
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Jonathan MartinR Primary sponsor · District 33
From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.