Three months after Florida was rocked by a controversy over state environmental officials planning to build golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels on state park land, a new bill filed Wednesday by a Republican lawmaker suggests the revolt against those proposals is not over.

Sen. Gayle Harrell, who represents the district that includes Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County, is sponsoring the legislation. In August, Florida’s environmental regulatory agency proposed building a golf course on the park that would have required tearing down the iconic Hobe Mountain observation tower on imperiled scrub habitat, as well as removing the homes of park staff members.

Harrell’s bill, entitled the “State Park Preservation Act,” would prohibit sporting amenities “such as golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball courts, ball fields, and other similar facilities” on state park lands.

Instead, the parks would have to be managed in ways that prioritize “conservation-based” activities including fishing, camping, hiking, canoeing and horseback riding.

The bill leaves room for growth in cabins and campsites in state parks, but adds guardrails to those additions. As part of the state park scandal earlier this year, the Department of Environmental Protection explored adding 350-room lodges to some protected areas. Harrell’s bill would limit the capacity of new cabins to a maximum of six people, and also prohibits the building of structures “which may cause significant harm to the resources of the state park.”

“We were very surprised to see what happened this summer, including at Jonathan Dickinson and other state parks,” Harrell said Wednesday. “We want to make sure we are preserving natural habitat — and the kinds of outdoor activities to allow the parks remain their natural habitat.”

When this scandal broke in August, word of the plans were first leaked to the Tampa Bay Times shortly before the Department of Environmental Protection posted the proposals for nine state parks on its website, confirming the rumors.

The public had just six days before near-simultaneous public meetings were scheduled around the state for residents to weigh in. No members of the state committee responsible for voting on the proposals were slated to attend the meetings to hear the public’s concerns. In a scathing letter sent to DeSantis at the time, Republican U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott called this rushed schedule “absolutely ridiculous,” and the state scuttled the meetings.

Harrell also addressed this in her bill, requiring that the state publish proposed changes to state park lands at least 30 days before a public meeting. Harrell said this change was a “very important part of the bill.”

Harrell also told the Tampa Bay Times earlier this year that she was approached by the veterans nonprofit Folds of Honor who pitched her on the idea of building a course on state park land. (The same group met with Gov Ron. DeSantis this April to discuss the golf course plan.) Harrell commended the nonprofit for its work assisting families of killed or disabled veterans, but advised the group against their idea.

“That is not going to happen,” Harrell recalled saying at the time.

Still, the proposals moved forward, ignited widespread outcry that prompted DeSantis to back away from the plans in late August.

Neither the governor’s office, nor the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, immediately responded to a request for comment.

Harrell said she had not spoken to DeSantis’ office about her bill.