---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative"
description: "Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1552"
citation: "Florida SB 1552 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-114"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c5a94e0-4b5e-4f42-ab88-cf6f5e769d8c"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1552/ByCategory"
source_hash: "23e7a88e40d2818f5815813a45f563ccfbc158bf4f6ae273d70b5824c3565cb1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 1552 (2019) — Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-114.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 1552 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1552/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1552 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1552/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/20/19, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2019-03-20** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2019-04-04** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/09/19, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-09** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-10** Now in Appropriations
- **2019-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-18** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/19
- **2019-04-26** Received
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-20** Chapter No. 2019-114

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c5a94e0-4b5e-4f42-ab88-cf6f5e769d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).