Legislative Issues

Update:

This bill (712, not 72, sorry about the typo) is moving forward.  Here is a link to the amendment:

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/00712/Amendment/413536/PDF

-Kevin

SB 712 - Water Quality Improvements

Water Quality Improvements: Citing this act as the “Clean Waterways Act”; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in coordination with the Department of Health, to develop a report to be submitted to the Legislature by a specified date on the impacts of a type two transfer of the onsite sewage program of the Department of Health to the Department of Environmental Protection; revising the requirements for a basin management action plan for an Outstanding Florida Spring; requiring the department, subject to legislative appropriation, to establish a real-time water quality monitoring program; establishing a wastewater grant program within the Department of Environmental Protection, etc.

• http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/BillText/c1/PDF

10/30/2019	Senate	• Filed
11/18/2019	Senate	• Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
12/2/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/09/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
12/9/2019	Senate	• CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
12/11/2019	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/13/2019	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government