SB 2506 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Natural Resources

Summary

Natural Resources; Deleting provisions authorizing the Department of Financial Services to disburse certain funds from the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund; revising requirements for applications for full fee simple acquisition projects; revising the list of entities that certain state agencies may contract with; repealing provisions relating to the Local Trail Management Grant Program; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to dedicate a certain amount of funds to projects located in a rural area of opportunity, etc.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Apr 8, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025

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S 2506 er → S 2506 pb · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill revises Florida's natural resources and environmental funding laws, primarily adjusting how money from the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund is distributed among various conservation and water management programs. It also updates requirements for land acquisition projects, clarifies scoring criteria for flood resilience grants, and establishes new programs for agricultural water conservation.

Scope change

The bill maintains the same overall scope of natural resources management but modifies specific funding allocations and eligibility requirements for several grant programs.

FISCAL

Revised the distribution schedule for the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund, specifying exact percentages and dollar caps for various conservation funds, and requiring excess funds to be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.

REQUIREMENT

Updated requirements for full fee simple acquisition applications to clarify why full title is necessary and expanded the definition of acquisition alternatives.

Added a requirement for the Department of Environmental Protection to dedicate at least $50 million annually to projects in rural areas of opportunity.

Created a new requirement for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish an agricultural nonpoint source regional water program.

ELIGIBILITY

Revised the scoring system for the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan into four tiers with specific percentage weights and criteria for project evaluation.

Added eligibility criteria for water quality improvement grants, including priority for projects in rural areas of opportunity and those demonstrating project readiness.

TIMELINE

Established a deadline requiring the department to announce grant awards by October 1 of each fiscal year.

S 2506 Filed → S 2506 e1 · 8 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends multiple Florida statutes to update requirements for land acquisition, water management, and flood resilience programs. Key changes include clarifying application requirements for fee simple acquisitions, expanding the list of entities state agencies can contract with for land management, adding new scoring criteria for flood resilience projects, and repealing outdated sections related to gaming revenue distribution and conservation funding.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of land management contracting options and adds new requirements for rural area grant allocations and flood resilience project scoring, while removing provisions related to Indian Gaming Revenue distribution and dedicated conservation funding.

REQUIREMENT

Amended section 253.0251 to clarify that applications for full fee simple acquisition projects must identify reasons why full title is necessary to achieve public policy goals.

Added new subsections to section 403.0673 requiring 25% of water quality grant funds be dedicated to rural area of opportunity projects and mandating grant award announcements by November 1 each fiscal year.

Revised section 380.093 to establish a four-tier scoring system for assessing project eligibility in the statewide flooding and sea-level rise plan, with specific criteria and weightings for each tier.

Added new sections 259.037 and 259.1055 to clarify land management accounting and wildlife corridor agreements.

ELIGIBILITY

Updated section 259.032 to expand the list of entities state agencies may contract with for land management to include local governments, water control districts, and soil and water conservation districts.

FISCAL

Repealed section 380.095, which previously governed dedicated funding for conservation lands, resiliency, and clean water infrastructure.

Removed provisions authorizing the Department of Financial Services to disburse funds from the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund.

TIMELINE

Added Section 12 establishing July 1, 2025 as the effective date for the act.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Apr 9, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 38

Apr 9, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

26 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jul 3, 2025

Legislature · Passed

Chapter No. 2025-201, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198)

legislature

Jun 30, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Jun 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 91, NAYS 13

lower

Jun 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Report adopted

lower

Jun 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amendment 226258 adopted

lower

Jun 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Report considered

lower

Jun 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 29 NAYS 5

upper

Jun 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference Committee Report adopted (226258)

upper

Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Hooper (Chair), Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow, Boyd (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At La

upper

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee appointed

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed the Senate bill as amended by House and we accede to conference

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed as amended; YEAS 97, NAYS 12

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amendment 169279 adopted

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

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