Government Affairs Committee Report
January 17, 2023
The committee has begun tracking legislation for the 2023 Session of The Florida Legislature. The committee is tracking the following sectors:
Transportation Committee – Florida Senate
Infrastructure Strategies Committee – Florida House
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- Water Quality, Supply and Treatment Subcommittee
Florida Senate Bills Assigned
FL – SB64 Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation; Requiring that no more than 20 percent of revenues derived from certain taxes and fees and deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund be committed annually by the department for public transit projects; providing requirements for progressive design-build contracts; revising the dollar limit of proposed budget estimates of construction contracts for which an applying contractor may submit certain financial statements; prohibiting local governments from refusing to accept electronic tickets approved by the department for use as official records for material deliveries on local government projects, etc.
Filed 12-4-2022
Referred 1-4-2023
To Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy committees
FL – SB72, SB86, and SB96 Transportation Facility Designations – Multiple Facilities
Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Filed 12-14-2022
Referred 1-4-2023
To Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
FL – SB108 Trees and Vegetation Within the Rights-of-way of Certain Roads and Rail Corridors
Trees and Vegetation Within the Rights-of-way of Certain Roads and Rail Corridors; Providing that the prohibition against the removal, cutting, marring, defacing, or destruction of trees or other vegetation in certain rights-of-way does not apply if the Department of Transportation suspends such prohibition pursuant to a declared state of emergency; requiring the department to adopt guidelines for removal of debris from certain emergencies, etc.
Filed 12-27-2022
Referred 1-4-2023
To Community Affairs, Rules and Transportation committees
Florida House Bills
FL – HB21 and HB63 Transportation Facility Designations – Multiple Facilities
Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Hearing 1-17-2023
Filed 12-6-2022
Referred 12-23-2022
To Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee and Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
Added 1-10-2023
To Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
FL House - Water Quality, Supply and Treatment
Overview of the Department of Environmental Protection by Secretary Shawn Hamilton Presentation by the St. Johns River Water Management District on Florida’s Hydrology. To submit an electronic appearance form, and for information about attending or testifying at a committee meeting, please see the “Visiting the House” tab at www.myfloridahouse.gov.
Hearing 1-18-2023
To follow the activity of the 2023 Legislative Session we have provided the following links to the Senate and House:
http://www.flsenate.gov
2022-2024 Senate and Joint Committees (flsenate.gov)
Florida House of Representatives - MyFloridaHouse.gov
Bills for the Regular Session 2023 | Florida House of Representatives (myfloridahouse.gov)
