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EPC legal staff outlines 2026 bills affecting coastal resiliency, easements and local enforcement
Summary
EPC counsel Beth Lee summarized bills tracked during the 2026 legislative session, including nature-based coastal resiliency bills (SB 302, HB 1035), sovereign-immunity proposals (HB 145, SB 1366), wetland buffer language (HB 479, SB 718), conservation-easement release measures and public-records timing bills.
Beth Lee of the EPC legal department provided a legislative update on bills the department is tracking in the 2026 session (Jan. 13–Mar. 13). She described nature-based coastal resiliency proposals—Senate Bill 302 and House Bill 1035—that would direct the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to develop rules and guidance for nature-based methods such as mangrove rehabilitation and green shoreline infrastructure to reduce erosion and address sea-level rise.
Lee summarized proposed changes to…
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