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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 2506

Fuel Taxes
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Filed under Taxes & Budget.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Fuel Taxes; Revising the distribution of the proceeds of the fuel sales tax; revising the transfer of funds received and collected into the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, etc.

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AI-GENERATED
Caps coastal protection funding and dumps the rest into the general fund.

The bill caps the amount of fuel tax money sent to the Inland Protection Trust Fund at $150 million annually.

Any fuel tax revenue collected above that $150 million cap is now deposited directly into the state's General Revenue Fund.

This change redirects surplus fuel tax proceeds away from dedicated environmental protection accounts and into the state's general budget.

The $150 million cap applies specifically to moneys collected under s. 206.9935(3) after accounting for any refunds granted.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Fuel Tax Distribution to Fish and Wildlife Commission majors. 206.606(1)(a)

AIReplaces fixed annual dollar amounts with variable percentages of total fuel tax collections, changing the actual funding levels received by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

“A sum equal to 0.5 percent of moneys collected shall be transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission”
§ 2 Boating and Fisheries Funding majors. 206.606(1)(b)

AIChanges the funding source for recreational boating and freshwater fisheries from a fixed annual amount to a variable percentage of fuel tax collections, and removes the requirement for equal monthly transfers.

“A sum equal to 0.2 percent of moneys collected shall be transferred to the State Game Trust Fund”
§ 3 Agricultural Emergency Eradication Funding moderates. 206.606(1)(c)

AIIncreases the percentage of specific fuel tax collections transferred to the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund from 0.65 percent to 1.15 percent.

“A sum equal to 1.15 percent of moneys collected pursuant to s. 206.41(1)(g) shall be transferred to the Agricultural Emergency Eradication Trust Fund”
§ 4 Marine Resources Conservation Funding majors. 206.606(1)(d)

AIReplaces a fixed annual dollar amount for marina fuel sales with a variable percentage of total fuel tax collections for the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund.

“A sum equal to 1.15 percent of moneys collected shall be transferred from the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund to the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund”
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages
2/20/2026
In Messages
2/20/2026
Immediately certified -SJ 419
2/20/2026
The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the...
2/20/2026
Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 415
2/20/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 415
2/20/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 415
2/19/2026
Introduced
2/18/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
2/18/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/18/2026
Filed
2/18/2026
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by...
2/13/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/13/2026
Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 206.606
+33 / −50
s. 206.9945
+21 / −0
STAFF ANALYSES