Florida SB 1020: Alcohol Deliveries

Bill Text

1020 
Regulation of Chickees 
2025-12-29T06:08:56Z 
Defining the term “chickee”; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinances, regulations, or policies that prevent construction of chickees under certain circumstances or that are more restrictive than federal floodplain management regulations; providing that later incorporation of certain features into an existing chickee requires a permit; providing criminal penalties for persons who are not members of specific tribes and who construct chickees in an attempt to circumvent the Florida Building Code, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1020 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01571-26 20261020__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to regulation of chickees; creating 
 3 ss. 125.573 and 166.0487, F.S.; defining the term 
 4 “chickee”; prohibiting counties and municipalities, 
 5 respectively, from enacting ordinances, regulations, 
 6 or policies that prevent construction of chickees 
 7 under certain circumstances or that are more 
 8 restrictive than federal floodplain management 
 9 regulations; amending s. 553.73, F.S.; revising the 
 10 definition of the term “chickee”; providing that later 
 11 incorporation of certain features into an existing 
 12 chickee requires a permit; providing criminal 
 13 penalties for persons who are not members of specific 
 14 tribes and who construct chickees in an attempt to 
 15 circumvent the Florida Building Code; amending s. 
 16 633.202, F.S.; defining the term “chickee”; exempting 
 17 certain chickees from the Florida Fire Prevention 
 18 Code; providing an effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Section 125.573, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 23 read: 
 24 125.573 Ordinances, regulations, and policies concerning 
 25 chickees.— 
 26 (1) As used in this section, the term “chickee” has the 
 27 same meaning as in s. 553.73(10)(i). 
 28 (2) A county may not enact an ordinance, a regulation, or a 
 29 policy: 
 30 (a) That prevents or has the effect of preventing a chickee 
 31 from being constructed in a side yard, provided the chickee is 
 32 at least 10 feet from any property line, or near another 
 33 structure, provided the chickee is at least 10 feet from the 
 34 other structure; or 
 35 (b) That concerns chickees and is more restrictive than 
 36 federal floodplain management regulations. 
 37 Section 2. Section 166.0487, Florida Statutes, is created 
 38 to read: 
 39 166.0487 Ordinances, regulations, and policies concerning 
 40 chickees.— 
 41 (1) As used in this section, the term “chickee” has the 
 42 same meaning as in s. 553.73(10)(i). 
 43 (2) A municipality may not enact an ordinance, a 
 44 regulation, or a policy: 
 45 (a) That prevents or has the effect of preventing a chickee 
 46 from being constructed in a side yard, provided the chickee is 
 47 at least 10 feet from any property line, or near another 
 48 structure, provided the chickee is at least 10 feet from the 
 49 other structure; or 
 50 (b) That concerns chickees and is more restrictive than 
 51 federal floodplain management regulations. 
 52 Section 3. Paragraph (i) of subsection (10) of section 
 53 553.73, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 54 553.73 Florida Building Code.— 
 55 (10) The following buildings, structures, and facilities 
 56 are exempt from the Florida Building Code as provided by law, 
 57 and any further exemptions shall be as determined by the 
 58 Legislature and provided by law: 
 59 (i) Chickees constructed by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians 
 60 of Florida or the Seminole Tribe of Florida. 
 61 1. As used in this paragraph, the term “chickee” means an 
 62 open-sided wooden hut that has a thatched roof of palm or 
 63 palmetto or other traditional materials, and that does not 
 64 incorporate any electrical, plumbing, or other nonwood features. 
 65 A chickee may include a wooden deck and may incorporate nonwood 
 66 fasteners, including, but not limited to, nails, screws, bolts, 
 67 nuts, washers, staples, and hurricane straps. 
 68 2. The later incorporation of any electrical, plumbing, or 
 69 other nonwood feature into an existing chickee requires a permit 
 70 but may not be construed to affect the exempt status of or 
 71 require a permit for the chickee. 
 72 3. A person who is not a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of 
 73 Indians of Florida or the Seminole Tribe of Florida and who 
 74 constructs a chickee in an attempt to circumvent the Florida 
 75 Building Code commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 
 76 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 
 77 
 78 With the exception of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (f), in 
 79 order to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public, 
 80 the Florida Building Commission may, by rule adopted pursuant to 
 81 chapter 120, provide for exceptions to the broad