---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Compliance Costs"
description: "Environmental Compliance Costs; Redefines term \"environmental compliance costs\" to include costs or expenses prudently incurred by an electric utility in complying with specified reclaimed water reuse requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1051"
citation: "Florida HB 1051 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-222"
primary_sponsors: ["Tourism"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cade04fe-a67a-4460-8b5e-0d03bc13417f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1051/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b52cff91bbc382a471517b271255a44c7a31c9c7bd75d803b9bfe1e083bc99f2"
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 HB 1051 (2021) — Environmental Compliance Costs

Environmental Compliance Costs; Redefines term "environmental compliance costs" to include costs or expenses prudently incurred by an electric utility in complying with specified reclaimed water reuse requirements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-222.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1051 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1051/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1051 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1051/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1051 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1051/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tourism — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with CS by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for CS/SB 964
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-222

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cade04fe-a67a-4460-8b5e-0d03bc13417f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).