---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pollution Control Standards and Liability"
description: "Pollution Control Standards and Liability; Provides that Secretary of Environmental Protection has exclusive jurisdiction in setting standards or procedures for evaluating environmental conditions & assessing potential liability for presence of contaminants on certain agricultural lands; prohibits secretary from delegating such authority to local governmental entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 909"
citation: "Florida HB 909 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-127"
primary_sponsors: ["Payne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f1c8c7-61ce-4cd2-b4e9-33ba2173da4f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/909/ByCategory"
source_hash: "624fbaaa326f80f6845eae6e716747a70f5f63169984fc67d1a70fa12c53844b"
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 909 (2022) — Pollution Control Standards and Liability

Pollution Control Standards and Liability; Provides that Secretary of Environmental Protection has exclusive jurisdiction in setting standards or procedures for evaluating environmental conditions & assessing potential liability for presence of contaminants on certain agricultural lands; prohibits secretary from delegating such authority to local governmental entity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-127.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 909 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/909/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 909 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/909/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 909 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/909/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee) — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **98–16** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **18–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Payne — primary (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-01** PCS added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-03** CS Filed
- **2022-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Original reference removed: Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** CS passed; YEAS 98, NAYS 16 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1210
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Chapter No. 2022-127

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f1c8c7-61ce-4cd2-b4e9-33ba2173da4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).