Florida Senate Bill 848

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-60
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Prohibiting certain stormwater treatment and net improvement activities; defining the term "regional stormwater management system"; requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection or a water management district require an applicant to provide certain documentation of adequate financial responsibility in order to meet certain requirements; authorizing water quality enhancement credits to be used by governmental entities to meet environmental resource permit stormwater treatment performance standards or achieve net improvement, pursuant to specified provisions, etc.

Stormwater Treatment

Senate Rules Committee

Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee

Sen. Keith Truenow [R]

2026-03-11 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#805 (Y: 112 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#26 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - Senate - Senate Rules (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - Senate - Senate Community Affairs (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-13 - Senate - Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-07		Chapter No. 2026-60
2026-05-06		Approved by Governor
2026-04-30		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-17	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2026-03-11	House	CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
2026-03-11	House	Read 3rd time
2026-03-11	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-03-11	House	Read 2nd time
2026-03-10	House	1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
2026-03-10	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
2026-03-10	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-26	House	In Messages
2026-02-26	Senate	Immediately certified
2026-02-26	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
2026-02-26	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-02-26	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (598430)
2026-02-26	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-02-23	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
2026-02-19	Senate	CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-02-19	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-19	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-17	Senate	CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
2026-02-12	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-10	Senate	Now in Rules
2026-02-10	Senate	Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-02-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-16	Senate	Now in Community Affairs
2026-01-14	Senate	CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
2026-01-14	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-13	Senate	CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2026-01-08	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2025-12-16	Senate	Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules
2025-12-10	Senate	Filed

H1457 (Same As) 2026-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 848

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
311	106		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	403		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	413		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	4134		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	4136		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	414		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Amendment/453862/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Amendment/598430/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Amendment/626924/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Analyses/2026s00848.pre.en.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Analyses/2026s00848.en.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Analyses/2026s00848.pre.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Analyses/2026s00848.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Analyses/2026s00848.pre.rc.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Analyses/2026s00848.rc.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Vote/2026-01-13%200130PM~S00848%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Vote/2026-02-10%200300PM~S00848%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Vote/2026-02-17%201200PM~S00848%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Vote/SenateVote_s00848c2026.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/Vote/HouseVote_s00848e1805.PDF