Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 1646 — Water Quality Improvements

Last action — Died in Environment and Natural Resources

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Water Quality Improvements; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study of the prevalence and effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in the Upper St. Johns River Basin, etc.

Bill Text

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The bill requires a study on lead in drinking water in public facilities and amends existing law to prioritize water quality improvement projects, including those focused on algal blooms and nitrogen reduction in Lake Okeechobee.

  • s. 403.0673, F.S.

    (h) Are located in any special flood hazard area defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    Adds a criterion for prioritizing water quality improvement projects based on their location in special flood hazard areas.

Action History

  1. Died in Environment and Natural Resources

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

  5. Filed

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1646 do?
Water Quality Improvements; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study of the prevalence and effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in the Upper St. Johns River Basin, etc.
Who sponsors SB 1646?
SB 1646 is sponsored by Berman, Lori (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 1646?
This bill died with 2025 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 1646?
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