CS/CS/SB 48: Housing

GENERAL BILL by Rules, Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Gaetz; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Osgood, Pizzo, Arrington

Housing; Defining the term “primary dwelling unit”; requiring local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units to be approved in certain areas; 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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/28/2026 08:46 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 313 (c1) by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee Housing Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee	Similar
  H 1389 (er) by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee Affordable Housing Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare

• Floor Votes (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/4/2026 8:53 AM	Senate	38 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  163.31771	Accessory dwelling units.	Page 2 (pdf)
  420.615	Affordable housing land donation density bonus incentives.	Page 5 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  9/15/2025	S	• Filed
  10/6/2025	S	• Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
  10/27/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 11/04/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  11/4/2025	S	• Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  1/9/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/14/26, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/14/2026	S	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
  1/16/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building • CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time
  1/27/2026	S	• CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
  1/28/2026	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  1/29/2026	S	• CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  2/2/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/04/26
  2/4/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 253 • Read 3rd time -SJ 253 • CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 253 • Immediately certified -SJ 253
  2/4/2026	H	• In Messages
  3/13/2026	H	• Died in Messages