---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biosolids"
description: "Biosolids; Establishes biosolids grant program within DEP; authorizes DEP to provide grants to counties, special districts, & municipalities for certain wastewater conversion projects; provides eligibility, prioritization, & funding requirements; authorizes waiver of matching fund requirement; requires DEP to develop specified reporting requirements for grants awarded to counties, special districts, & municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "Florida HB 1405 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public health"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-293"
primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/471b8696-1173-4707-95e7-70a8102d008b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1405/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d37f273c6d3d9e66d18970bf7523026267f2ae5136983b144ac611e3ae4fb4d6"
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 1405 (2023) — Biosolids

Biosolids; Establishes biosolids grant program within DEP; authorizes DEP to provide grants to counties, special districts, & municipalities for certain wastewater conversion projects; provides eligibility, prioritization, & funding requirements; authorizes waiver of matching fund requirement; requires DEP to develop specified reporting requirements for grants awarded to counties, special districts, & municipalities.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-293.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1405 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1405/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1405 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1405/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1405 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1405/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1405 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1405/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-04-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/04/23
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Chapter No. 2023-293

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/471b8696-1173-4707-95e7-70a8102d008b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).