Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 789 — Environmental Management

Last action — Died on Second Reading Calendar

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Environmental Management; Requires that nonindustrial stormwater management systems be designed with side slopes that meet certain minimum design requirements; provides exception; superseding certain side slope rules; revises construction relating to causes of action for damages to real or personal property directly resulting from certain discharges or other conditions of pollution.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB789 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to environmental management;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB789 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to environmental management;
373.4131 Statewide environmental resource permitting rules.— (7) For purposes of water quality, a nonindustrial stormwater management system, in or adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to the general public, side slope must be designed, except as provided in paragraph (a), with a horizontal-to-vertical ratio no steeper than 4:1 to a depth of at least 2 feet below the control elevation and must be stabilized with vegetation to prevent erosion and provide for Page 1of 3 CODING:
373.4131 Statewide environmental resource permitting rules.— (7) A nonindustrial stormwater management system, in or adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to the general public, side slope must be designed, except as provided in paragraph (a), with a horizontal-to-vertical ratio no steeper than 4:1 to a depth of at least 2 feet below the control elevation and must be stabilized with vegetation to prevent erosion and provide for pollutant removal.
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hb0789-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB789 2024 pollutant removal.
hb0789-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB789 2024 (a) A nonindustrial stormwater management system, in or adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to the general public, side slope may be designed with a steeper than 4:1 horizontal-to-vertical ratio if the slope incorporates adequate temporary and permanent erosion and sediment control best management practices.
(a) A nonindustrial stormwater management system, in or adjacent to residential or urban areas that are accessible to the general public, side slope may be designed with a steeper than 4:1 horizontal-to-vertical ratio if the slope incorporates adequate temporary and permanent erosion and sediment control best management practices.
A system designed or authorized to be steeper than 4:1 must be fenced, greenscaped, or other barriers installed sufficiently to prevent accidental incursion into the system.
376.30-376.317 do not prohibit a prohibits any person from bringing a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for all damages to real or personal property directly resulting from a discharge or other condition of pollution covered by ss.
376.30-376.317 do not prohibit a prohibits any person from bringing a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for all damages to real or personal property directly resulting from a discharge or other condition of Page 2of 3 CODING:
376.30-376.317 and which was not authorized by any government approval or permit issued pursuant Page 2of 3 CODING:
hb0789-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB789 2024 to chapter 373, chapter 376, or chapter 403.
hb0789-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB789 2024 pollution covered by ss.
376.30-376.317 and which was not authorized by any government approval or permit issued pursuant to chapter 373, chapter 376, or chapter 403.
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Action History

  1. Died on Second Reading Calendar

  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. Bill referred to House Calendar

  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  5. CS Filed

  6. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  7. Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  8. Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  9. Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda

  10. Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  11. Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  12. Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  13. Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda

  14. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  15. Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  16. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  17. Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  18. CS Filed

  19. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  20. Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee

  21. Favorable with CS by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee

  22. PCS added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda

  23. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  24. Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee

  25. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  26. Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  27. Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee

  28. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 159 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (159)

159 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee)

Passed 16 Yea · 7 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 11300
Democrat 0402
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 16702
% of votes cast 64%28%0%8%
How each member voted (25)
Member Party Vote
Keen — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Payne — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Not Voting
López, Johanna Democrat Nay
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Nay
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Not Voting
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Nay
Chaney, Linda Republican Nay
McFarland, Fiona Republican Nay
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea

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Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee)

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7100
Unaffiliated 3000
Democrat 0400
Total 10500
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Bell — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Nay
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Nay
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Nay
López, Johanna Democrat Nay
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Nay
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea

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Favorable (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee)

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 9000
Democrat 3001
Total 17001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Bell — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Temple — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Not Voting
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 789 do?
Environmental Management; Requires that nonindustrial stormwater management systems be designed with side slopes that meet certain minimum design requirements; provides exception; superseding certain side slope rules; revises construction relating to causes of action for damages to real or personal property directly resulting from certain discharges or other conditions of pollution.
Who sponsors HB 789?
HB 789 is sponsored by Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" (Republican), Barnaby, Webster (Republican), Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee, and Gregory, Emily (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 789?
This bill died with 2024 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.
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