Bill Commons

FL HB 1457

died on adjournment

Stormwater Treatment

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did FL HB 1457 pass?

No. FL HB 1457 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-11): Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 848 (Ch. 2026-60)

What is FL HB 1457 about?

Stormwater Treatment ; Prohibits certain stormwater treatment & net improvement activities; requires DEP to require specified documentation for issuance of environmental resource permit for regional stormwater management systems; provides requirements for environmental resource permits authorizing such systems; authorizes certain permit applicants to purchase & use certain pollution reduction allocations & water quality enhancement credits; requires DEP & water management districts to use specified information to establish drainage areas; provides that certain use of enhancement credits constitutes stormwater treatment; provides that certain pollutant load reductions may not be referred to as enhancement credits; requires DEP to file specified rules for adoption by specified date; provides for water quality enhancement provisional permits; provides for modification of such permits under certain conditions; requires DEP & water management districts to recognize enhancement credits established in provisional permits; clarifies types of mitigation measures for compensating stormwater treatment which DEP or water management district governing boards must consider.

Who sponsors FL HB 1457?

Overdorf, Gonzalez Pittman, Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee and 1 others are the primary sponsors of FL HB 1457, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Stormwater Treatment ; Prohibits certain stormwater treatment & net improvement activities; requires DEP to require specified documentation for issuance of environmental resource permit for regional stormwater management systems; provides requirements for environmental resource permits authorizing such systems; authorizes certain permit applicants to purchase & use certain pollution reduction allocations & water quality enhancement credits; requires DEP & water management districts to use specified information to establish drainage areas; provides that certain use of enhancement credits constitutes stormwater treatment; provides that certain pollutant load reductions may not be referred to as enhancement credits; requires DEP to file specified rules for adoption by specified date; provides for water quality enhancement provisional permits; provides for modification of such permits under certain conditions; requires DEP & water management districts to recognize enhancement credits established in provisional permits; clarifies types of mitigation measures for compensating stormwater treatment which DEP or water management district governing boards must consider.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-03-11 — Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 848 (Ch. 2026-60)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Overdorfprimary
  • Gonzalez Pittmanprimary
  • Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommitteeprimary
  • State Affairs Committeeprimary
  • López, J.cosponsor
  • Buchanancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-11

    Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 848

    deferral

  2. 2026-03-11

    Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 848 (Ch. 2026-60)

    deferral

  3. 2026-03-02

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  4. 2026-03-02

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    reading-1

  5. 2026-03-02

    Bill referred to House Calendar

  6. 2026-02-27

    CS Filed

    filing

  7. 2026-02-27

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  8. 2026-02-27

    Reported out of State Affairs Committee

  9. 2026-02-26

    Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-02-24

    Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  11. 2026-02-17

    Now in State Affairs Committee

  12. 2026-02-17

    Referred to State Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-02-16

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  14. 2026-02-16

    CS Filed

    filing

  15. 2026-02-16

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  16. 2026-02-16

    Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

  17. 2026-02-12

    Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2026-02-10

    Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda

  19. 2026-01-15

    Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

  20. 2026-01-15

    Referred to State Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-01-15

    Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  23. 2026-01-09

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee)

    2026-02-12 · pass · 15-1

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee)

    2026-02-26 · pass · 24-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-08-04T00:47:57.419537Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=FL&identifier=HB 1457. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.