---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection"
description: "Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection; Ratifies specified rules relating to onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems & domestic wastewater facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 7027"
citation: "Florida HB 7027 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-308"
primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f878c7b2-96e4-419a-8a75-357ee3908cfa"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7027/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fa831f714cfbfa2fd9ad79a3b00aada6862d32efde07cacb0b8e4b267c6efef0"
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 7027 (2023) — Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection

Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection; Ratifies specified rules relating to onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems & domestic wastewater facilities.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-308.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7027 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7027/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7027 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7027/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Overdorf — primary (person)
- Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/SB 7002
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed; YEAS 38 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`
- **2023-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chapter No. 2023-308

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f878c7b2-96e4-419a-8a75-357ee3908cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).