18-04-2025
Bill to end privatization of beaches moving through state senate after roadblock
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A bill that will restore Customary Use on Walton County beaches is once again moving through the state senate.
Senator Jay Trumbull introduced S-B 1622 in February to end the privatization of beaches in Walton County.
The bill passed two Senate committees in March. Then hit a roadblock in the Senate Rules Committee.
The committee chair is Kathleen Passidomo, who wrote the bill that ended customary use in 2018. Passidomo refused to put Trumbull's bill on the calendar.
Then, on Wednesday, she added it to Monday's Rules Committee agenda.
Walton County residents and officials have been advocating for the bill in Tallahassee for weeks. They say they'll be there again Monday to hopefully see the bill pass, then head to the full Senate floor.
The House companion bill has already passed all three committees necessary to get to the House floor.
News 13 will update this story on Monday.
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