The State Park Preservation Act requires public hearings for land management plans and forces the state to comply.

The legislation came about after the state proposed building on park lands in a move that was widely criticized.

The bill would prevent building golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball courts and ball fields in state parks.

It also included building lodges with up to 350 rooms at Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County and Topsail Hill Preserve ...

Other parts of the initiative that drew heavy criticism included proposals to construct lodges with up to 350 rooms at Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park ...

Environmentalists objected to wording in the bill they said would enable golf courses and tennis courts to be built at ...

Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Walton County, along with a flying disc course at the Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park in Tallahassee.