2025 Advocacy
Urgent Update (3/2/2025): Please see our call-to-action
With the Florida legislature poised to begin its session on March 3, 2025, there are several bills of concern on which AGLCA and our coalition partners are engaging. We need your help. We must make a showing at committee hearings where these bills will be heard. We need members to join us in Tallahassee for those hearings for which we often have less than a week's notice. We also need members to call and email individual legislators. The form below enables us to add you to our list for immediate receipt of calls-to-action. Read on for more details on the bills, as well as links to other resources we've published this year. And don't forget that advocating for you costs money! Please contribute to our Advocacy Fund.
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Florida Bills of Concern
HB481/SB866 - AGLCA opposed this bill which would add more areas to the grandfathered list of places where overnight anchoring is banned. It also attempts to limit anchoring to 30 days in a six-month period within counties with a population of more than 1.5 million people (currently Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough and Palm Beach).
SB594 - AGLCA opposes this bill authorizing certain seaports to designate no anchoring or mooring zones of up to 5,000 feet. Although this would be immaterial for many of the Florida ports due to lack of nearby anchorages, there are a few where several key anchorages would be eliminated, incuding Fernandina, Lake Worth, Ft Pierce, Miami and Key West.
SB164 - AGLCA supports this bill. It creates a requirement that boats remaining at anchor in one place for more than 14 days obtain a free, easy-to-get permit. This adds zero cost and very little effort to those intending to stay long-term, or those delayed by weather, mechanical issues, or other unforeseen circumstances. But, it allows the state to know who owns the boats at anchor and hold them accountable for the boat and any damage it may do to the environment or the property of others. It would also create accurate, actionable data on where additional mooring fields may be needed.
Other Information
Here are additional resources AGLCA has published explaining the issues.