Drinking Water in Public Schools
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SB 168 — Drinking Water in Public Schools
Last action — Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Drinking Water in Public Schools; Subject to legislative appropriation, requiring district boards to coordinate with district school boards to identify certain schools and to provide funding to such schools; requiring certain school districts to install filters that meet certain specifications on drinking water sources; authorizing district boards to request additional funding to compensate school district staff for the installation or replacement of filters, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
87 added · 74 removed87 line(s) added, 74 removed.
Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 168 By Senatorthe CruzCommittee 18-00075A-20on 2020168__Education; A bill to be entitled An act relating to drinking water in public schools;
and Senators Cruz, Pizzo, Berman, Gibson, Book, Stewart, Rader, Rouson, Taddeo, Torres, and Farmer 581-01392-20 2020168c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to drinking water in public schools;
subject to legislative appropriation, requiring eachdistrict schoolboards to coordinate with district school boards to installidentify filterscertain thatschools meetand certainto specificationsprovide onfunding drinkingto watersuch sources;schools;
requiring suchcertain schoolsschool districts to postinstall certainfilters signagethat onmeet certain waterspecifications sources and to publish specified information on thedrinking schoolwater district’ssources; website;
authorizingrequiring schoolsuch districtsschools to requestpost additionalcertain fundingsignage toon compensatecertain water sources and school districtboards staffto forpublish thespecified installationinformation oron replacementschool ofdistrict filters;websites;
providingauthorizing district boards to request additional funding to compensate school district staff for rulemaking;the installation or replacement of filters;
limiting the additional funding to not more than the amount appropriated;
requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules;
1621 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
1823 Section 1. Section 1013.29, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
(3) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, for each district schoolboard thatas wasdefined builtin befores. 1986, each school district shall:
153.52 shall coordinate with its local district school board to determine which district schools were built before 1986 and shall provide funding to such schools for the purposes specified under this section.
As applicable, each school district shall:
(c) Publish(c) The district school board shall publish on its website a list of drinking water sources at such schools.
(4) Each school district mayboard requestas additionaldefined fundsin fors. the purpose of compensating school district staff for the installation or replacement of filters.
(5) The153.52 Departmentmay request additional funds for the purpose of Educationcompensating shallschool adoptdistrict rulesstaff tofor administerthe thisinstallation section.or replacement of filters.
SectionFunds 2. Forprovided thepursuant 2020-2021to fiscalthis year,subsection themay sumnot ofbe $3more millionthan in recurring funds is appropriated from the Generaltotal Revenueappropriation Fundprovided to theimplement Departmentthis ofsection. Education for the purpose of implementing s.
(5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to administer this section.
Section 2. For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the sum of $3 million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Trust Fund to district boards as defined in s.
153.52, Florida Statutes, for the purpose of implementing s.
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Action History
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Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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CS by Education read 1st time
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Introduced
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Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
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Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
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Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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CS by Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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On Committee agenda-- Education, 11/12/19, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
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Filed
Sponsors
- Cruz · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Cruz
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (163)
163 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 163 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (8)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Baxley | — | Yea |
| Cruz | — | Yea |
| Perry | — | Yea |
| Simmons | — | Yea |
| Stargel | — | Yea |
| Montford | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Berman, Lori | Democrat | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 168 do?
- Drinking Water in Public Schools; Subject to legislative appropriation, requiring district boards to coordinate with district school boards to identify certain schools and to provide funding to such schools; requiring certain school districts to install filters that meet certain specifications on drinking water sources; authorizing district boards to request additional funding to compensate school district staff for the installation or replacement of filters, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000
- Who sponsors SB 168?
- SB 168 is sponsored by Cruz.
- What is the current status of SB 168?
- This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 168?
- Track SB 168 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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