Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

HB 1389 (SB 1548): Affordable Housing

Third Reading · March 6, 2026 · Yeas 34, 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.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 8 · Nay 0 · Not voting 3
Republicans
Yea 25 · Nay 0 · Not voting 2
No party
Yea 1 · Nay 0

Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.

Bill

Bill
CS/CS/HB 1389 (SB 1548)
Motion
Third Reading
Date
March 6, 2026, 04:14 PM
Session
2026 Regular Session
Presiding
Brodeur
Yeas–nays
Yeas 34, nays 0; 5 didn't vote (5 excused, 0 abstained)

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

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted