Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SB 492: Mitigation Banks

Third Reading · April 29, 2025 · Yeas 35, nays 3

What the bill does

The bill, beginning on a specified date, revises the credit release schedule for mitigation bank credit permits and allows an applicant to propose an alternative schedule. It bars releasing mitigation credits for freshwater wetland creation until certain conditions are met and requires the department and water management districts to apply proximity factor multipliers in a specified manner, among other changes.

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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Mitigation Banks: Beginning on a specified date, revising the schedule for credit release upon issuance of a mitigation bank credit permit; authorizing a mitigation bank applicant to propose an alternative credit release schedule; prohibiting mitigation credits from being released for freshwater wetland creation until certain conditions are met; requiring the department and water management districts to apply proximity factor multipliers in a specified manner; limiting the timeframe for the permit applicant to rely on a credit availability determination for specified purposes, etc.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 7 · Nay 3
Republicans
Yea 27 · Nay 0
No party
Yea 1 · Nay 0

Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.

Bill

Bill
CS/CS/SB 492
Motion
Third Reading
Date
April 29, 2025, 10:19 AM
Session
2025 Regular Session
Presiding
Brodeur
Yeas–nays
Yeas 35, nays 3

Official vote record (PDF) ↗
The bill on flsenate.gov ↗

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