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FL SB 544

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Golf Courses

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Golf Courses; Creating the “Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification Act”; providing legislative findings and intent regarding golf course best management practices certification; providing for a type two transfer of the Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification program in the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Truenowprimary
  • Environment and Natural Resourcesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-18

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-12-09

    Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-08

    On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

  4. 2026-01-13

    CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 1

  5. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  6. 2026-01-14

    Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  7. 2026-01-14

    Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  8. 2026-01-14

    CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time

  9. 2026-03-13

    Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-01-13 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Arrington: yes
    • Avila: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Polsky: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Rodriguez: yes
    • Smith: no
    • Harrell: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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