A bill aimed at preventing a return of efforts to build golf courses, pickleball courts and resorts in state parks is ready to go to the full Florida House.

After a bipartisan uproar last year about a proposal dubbed the “Great Outdoors Initiative,” the Florida Senate on Tuesday began moving forward with a bill that would prevent building such things as golf courses, pickleball courts and hotel-style lodges in state parks.

Months after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration introduced controversial plans to bring golf courses, resort-style lodges and pickleball courts to state parks, a Stuart lawmaker filed a measure to make such proposed changes off-limits.

A former state employee who said he leaked information about the plans to build golf courses and hotels in Florida’s state parks has apparently been fired.

Community members gathered Sunday morning at Elks Lodge in St. Augustine to celebrate the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to withdraw all proposed changes to state parks that could have added hotels, golf courses and pickleball courts to the protected land.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on Thursday said it has withdrawn all proposed amendments to state parks that could have added hotels, golf courses and pickleball courts to protected land.

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday is set to hold a news conference with law enforcement officials in Winter Haven.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday is set to hold a news conference with law enforcement officials in Winter Haven.

Plans to build a 350-room lodge, pickleball courts and a disc golf course at Anastasis State Park have caused an uproar in the community, with many calling the development plan “unnecessary” and “misguided.”

Northeast Florida leaders are taking a stand against plans to develop Anastasia State Park and eight other state parks around Florida.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has proposed dramatic plans to change Anastasia State Park and News4JAX has been trying to find out where all of this started.

Members of the St. Augustine community aren’t giving up their fight against proposed plans to change the landscape of Anastasia State Park.

A peaceful protest is taking place at Anastasia State Park to oppose the proposed development by the Department of Environmental Protection on Sunday at 10 a.m.

A peaceful protest is taking place at Anastasia State Park to oppose the proposed development by the Department of Environmental Protection on Sunday at 10 a.m.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has pushed back a series of meetings about a controversial proposal to add lodges, pickleball and golf at state parks.

Changes to the state park would include a lodge with up to 350 rooms, a disc golf course and pickleball courts.

Officials with the city of St. Augustine said that an announcement from the state this week was the first they heard of any planned changes to Anastasia State Park.

According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine could get a lodge with up to 350 rooms, a disc golf course and pickleball courts.