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SB1474 • 2026

Biosolids Management

Biosolids Management

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gaetz
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1285 -SJ 745
Effective date
2027-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Biosolids Management

Biosolids Management; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.

What This Bill Does

  • Biosolids Management; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

918056

Committee amendment S 1474 Filed • Environment and Natural Resources (Gaetz)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/27/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • SB 1474 Ì9180565Î918056 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
  • House Comm: RCS .
  • 01/27/2026 .
835512

Committee amendment S 1474 c1 • Rules (Gaetz)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/25/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • CS for SB 1474 Ì835512~Î835512 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
  • House Comm: RCS .
  • 02/25/2026 .

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 Senate

    • Read 2nd time -SJ 745 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1285 -SJ 745 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1285 -SJ 745

  2. 2026-03-05 Senate

    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/26

  3. 2026-03-04 Senate

    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  4. 2026-02-25 Senate

    • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

  5. 2026-02-24 Senate

    • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

  6. 2026-02-19 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

  7. 2026-02-13 Senate

    • Now in Rules

  8. 2026-02-12 Senate

    • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  9. 2026-02-09 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  10. 2026-01-29 Senate

    • CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time

  11. 2026-01-28 Senate

    • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  12. 2026-01-27 Senate

    • CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  13. 2026-01-22 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building • Introduced

  14. 2026-01-16 Senate

    • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules

  15. 2026-01-08 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Biosolids Management; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Florida Senate
-
2026

CS for CS for SB 1474

By
the Committees on Rules; and Environment and Natural
Resources; and Senator Gaetz

595-03179-26 20261474c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to biosolids management; amending s.
3 403.0855, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of
4 Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a
5 permit for certain biosolids land application sites if
6 there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility
7 that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment
8 and which meets specified requirements; providing an
9 effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
12
13 Section 1. Present subsection (6) of section 403.0855,
14 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new
15 subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
16 403.0855 Biosolids management.—
17
(6)

The department may not issue or renew a permit for a

18
land application site which authorizes disposal or land

19
application of septage, as defined in rule 62-640.200(43),

20
Florida Administrative Code, as Class B biosolids if there is a

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permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for

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higher levels of treatment which is:

23
(a)

Less than 30 miles from a proposed Class B biosolids

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land application site;

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(b)

Owned or operated by the Federal Government or a

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federal agency, a state government body or agency, or a

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political subdivision of this state; and

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(c)

Not defunct, used for other purposes, or out of

29
capacity.

30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2027.