Florida HB 1421: Gender Clinical Interventions

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CS/HB 1421 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to cattle grazing on state land; 2
amending s. 253.034, F.S.; requiring land managing 3
entities to identify existing grazable lands and 4
consider whether leasing portions of such land to 5
private entities for cattle grazing is appropriate 6
based on certain goals; requiring land managing 7
entities to consider certain information when 8
determining such appropriateness; requiring lands 9
determined to be appropriate for cattle grazing to be 10
described in the land management plan; requiring land 11
managing entities to allow such lands to be leased for 12
such purpose; prohibiting cattle grazing leases from 13
allowing the conversion of native wildlife habitat to 14
improved pasture; requiring land managing entities to 15
include in the land management plan an explanation for 16
a determination that no portions of such land are 17
appropriate for cattle grazing; amending s. 369.252, 18
F.S.; revising requirements for a Fish and Wildlife 19
Conservation Commission program to control invasive 20
plants; providing applicability; providing an 21
effective date. 22
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 24
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Section 1. Paragraphs (d) through (i) of subsection (5) of 26
section 253.034, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 27
paragraphs (e) through (j), respectively, a new paragraph (d) is 28
added to that subsection, and subsection (4) and present 29
paragraph (g) of subsection (5) of that section are amended, to 30
read: 31
253.034 State-owned lands; uses.— 32
(4) A management agreement, lease, or other instrument 33
authorizing the use of lands owned by the board of trustees may 34
not be executed for a period greater than is necessary to 35
provide for the reasonable use of the land for the existing or 36
planned life cycle or amortization of the improvements, except 37
that an easement in perpetuity may be granted by the board of 38
trustees if the improvement is a transportation facility. If an 39
entity managing or leasing state-owned lands from the board of 40
trustees does not meet the short-term goals under paragraph 41
(5)(b) for conservation lands, the Department of Environmental 42
Protection may submit the lands to the Acquisition and 43
Restoration Council to review whether the short-term goals 44
should be modified, consider whether the lands should be offered 45
to another entity for management or leasing, or recommend to the 46
board of trustees whether to surplus the lands. If an entity 47
managing or leasing state-owned lands from the board of trustees 48
does not meet the short-term goals under paragraph (5)(j) (5)(i) 49
for nonconservation lands, the department may submit the lands 50

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to the board of trustees to consider whether to require the 51
managing or leasing entity to release its interest in the lands 52
and to consider whether to surplus the lands. If the state-owned 53
lands are determined to be surplus, the board of trustees may 54
require an entity to release its interest in the lands. An 55
entity managing or leasing state-owned lands from the board of 56
trustees may not sublease such lands without prior review by the 57
Division of State Lands and, for conservation lands, by the 58
Acquisition and Restoration Council. All management agreements, 59
leases, or other instruments authorizing the use of lands owned 60
by the board of trustees shall be reviewed for approval by the 61
board of trustees or its designee. The council is not required 62
to review subleases of parcels which are less than 160 acres in 63
size. 64
(5) Each manager of conservation lands shall submit to the 65
Division of State Lands a land management plan at least every 10 66
years in a form and manner adopted by rule of the board of 67
trustees and in accordance with s. 259.032. Each manager of 68
conservation lands shall also update a land management plan 69
whenever the manager proposes to add new facilities or make 70
substantive land use or management changes that were not 71
addressed in the approved plan, or within 1 year after the 72
addition of significant new lands. Each manager of 73
nonconservation lands shall submit to the Division of State 74
Lands a land use plan at least every 10 years in a form and 75

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manner adopted by rule of the board of trustees. T