Renzo DowneyFebruary 14, 2022
6min0
Environmental groups say the bill violates a 2014 constitutional amendment on conservation funding.
Tag: Senate Bill 1400Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
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Environmental groups oppose the bill, but lawmakers are united.
Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2018
2min268
The vacation rentals deregulation bill cleared its first stop in the Florida House of Representatives Thursday with a close approval won in the House Government Accountability Committee. House Bill 773, sponsored by St. Cloud Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa, now heads toward the commerce committee in this year’s legislative efforts to roll back and […]
Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2018
5min427
A bill to once again roll back local regulation of vacation rental homes got approval Thursday from the Florida Senate Committee on Regulated Industries, its second committee success. The bill, a committee substitute that combined Senate Bills 1400 and 1640 introduced by Republican state Sens. Greg Steube and David Simmons, drew a long list of […]
Scott PowersFebruary 7, 2018
5min564
Most Floridians want the right to rent out a bedroom, or their whole home, or their rental property, as short-term lodging for vacationers. A new survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy and released Tuesday finds that 73 percent of Floridians believe they and their neighbors should have the right to rent out their primary […]
Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2018
9min677
In a battle over how far to roll back local control and regulation of vacation rental homes, state Sen. Greg Steube won a key victory Tuesday. The Senate Committee on Community Affairs approved the Sarasota Republican’s bill, advancing a comprehensive preemption of local laws regulating services provided by companies like Airbnb. That ended a legislative […]
Guest AuthorMarch 17, 20154min321
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