Florida House Bill 1159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on June 27 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-06-27 - Chapter No. 2019-155
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Prohibits local governments from requiring notices, applications, approvals, permits, fees, or mitigation for pruning, trimming, or removal of trees on residential property if property owner obtains specified documentation; prohibits local governments from requiring property owners to replant such trees; provides exception for mangrove protection actions; deletes provision that authorizes electric utilities to perform certain right-of-way tree maintenance only if property owner has received local government approval; creates Property Owner Bill of Rights; requires county property appraisers to provide specified information on their websites.

Private Property Rights

House State Affairs Committee

Rep. Mike LaRosa [R]

Rep. Anthony Sabatini [R]

2019-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#42 (Y: 22 N: 16 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#252 (Y: 77 N: 36 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-27		Chapter No. 2019-155
2019-06-26		Approved by Governor
2019-06-25		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2019-04-26	House	Ordered enrolled
2019-04-26	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 22 NAYS 16
2019-04-26	Senate	Read 3rd time 578
2019-04-26	Senate	Read 2nd time
2019-04-26	Senate	Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1400
2019-04-26	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2019-04-26	Senate	Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
2019-04-25	Senate	Received
2019-04-25	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
2019-04-25	Senate	In Messages
2019-04-25	House	CS passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 36
2019-04-25	House	Read 3rd time
2019-04-25	House	Read 2nd time
2019-04-22	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
2019-04-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-04-18	House	CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
2019-04-18	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
2019-04-18	House	CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 4
2019-04-16	House	On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/18/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
2019-04-04	House	Now in State Affairs Committee
2019-04-04	House	Favorable by Commerce Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 4
2019-04-02	House	On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
2019-03-19	House	Now in Commerce Committee
2019-03-19	House	Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 3
2019-03-15	House	On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-03-04	House	Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee
2019-02-28	House	Filed

S1400 (Similar To) 2019-04-26 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2019-155)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
163	045		Amended Code	See Bill Text
163	3209		Amended Code	See Bill Text
70	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/Amendment/751711/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/Amendment/516180/HTML
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/Vote/HouseVote_h01159c1252.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/Vote/SenateVote_h01159c1042.PDF