Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session
HB 1389: Affordable Housing
Returning Messages · March 13, 2026 · Yeas 35, nays 0
What the bill does
The bill requires counties and municipalities to allow multifamily and mixed-use residential uses on specified property and prohibits them from restricting height of certain developments through other dimensional means or requiring certain setbacks or stepbacks. It lets local governments give a density bonus to landowners who donate certain real property for military family affordable housing, among other changes.
A plain-language summary drafted with AI from the official text below, then checked against that text by a separate AI review. It describes the bill, not this particular motion. How these numbers work
The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Affordable Housing: Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential uses as allowable uses for specified property; providing requirements for certain proposed developments; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the height of certain proposed developments through other dimensional means and from requiring certain setbacks or stepbacks; requiring counties and municipalities to allow certain applicants to submit revised applications, written requests, and notices of intent to account for changes made by the act; .; authorizing a local government to provide a density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in the provision of affordable housing for military families; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to evaluate the efficacy of using mezzanine finance and the potential of tiny homes for specified purposes, etc.
How each party voted
Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- CS/CS/HB 1389
- Motion
- Returning Messages
- Date
- March 13, 2026, 10:18 AM
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Presiding
- President Albritton
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 35, nays 0; 4 didn't vote (1 excused, 0 abstained)
The chamber on this vote
Seats are today's members, liberal to conservative; members who have left aren't shown.
How each member voted
Yea (35)
- Ben Albritton R-27
- Kristen Arrington D-25
- Lori Berman D-26
- Mack Bernard D-24
- Jim Boyd R-20
- LaVon Bracy Davis D-15
- Jennifer Bradley R-6
- Jason Brodeur R-10
- Danny Burgess R-23
- Colleen Burton R-12
- Alexis Calatayud R-38
- Nick DiCeglie R-18
- Don Gaetz R-1
- Erin Grall R-29
- Joe Gruters R-22
- Gayle Harrell R-31
- Ed Hooper R-21
- Shev Jones D-34
- Tom Leek R-7
- Jonathan Martin R-33
- Ralph Massullo R-11
- Debbie Mayfield R-19
- Stan McClain R-9
- Rosalind Osgood D-32
- Kathleen Passidomo R-28
- Tina Polsky D-30
- Ana Maria Rodriguez R-40
- Darryl Rouson D-16
- Corey Simon R-3
- Carlos Smith D-17
- Keith Truenow R-13
- Jay Trumbull R-2
- Tommy Wright R-8
- Clay Yarborough R-4
- Bryan Ávila R-39
Excused (1)
- Ileana Garcia R-36
Not voting (3)
- Tracie Davis D-5
- Jason Pizzo I-37
- Barbara Sharief D-35