Florida · Senate Bill 1548 · 2026 Regular Session

Affordable Housing

SB 1548 Sponsored by Alexis Calatayud Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Affordable Housing; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize certain residential use on property owned by a county, municipality, or school district under certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “person”; revising a prohibition on discriminatory practices in land use decisions and in permitting of development to include housing that is affordable; waiving the state’s sovereign immunity for certain causes of action based upon housing discrimination, etc.

Every action

16 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 8 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy; Rules · Senate Community Affairs
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Community Affairs
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Community Affairs8–0 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  8. CommitteeFavorable by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy18–0 vote
  1. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  2. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  3. CommitteeFavorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules21–0 vote
  4. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 677
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/CS/HB 1389 -SJ 678
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1389 (Ch. 2026-179 ), SB 962 (Ch. 2026-163 ) -SJ 678

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Feb 3, 2026 Senate Community Affairs Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 8–0
Mar 2, 2026 Senate Fiscal Policy Favorable by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 18–0
Mar 3, 2026 Senate Rules Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 21–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.