---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Environmental Protection"
description: "Department of Environmental Protection; Revises, creates, & repeals various provisions under jurisdiction of DEP relating to aquatic preserves; preservation & regeneration of seagrass; Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area; use of reclaimed water; Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability & sea level rise data set & assessment; Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan; regional planning councils & estuary partnerships; transfer of regulation of Onsite Sewage Program from DOH to DEP; domestic wastewater treatment facilities; & basin management action plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1557"
citation: "Florida HB 1557 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-180"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b8f6cac-9a9e-466a-b95f-1dbdfc359c76"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1557/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8f628cef851ad36c4a585aca7e5264a0e63bcc10a2e3ab884eebb608ebb04d09"
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 1557 (2024) — Department of Environmental Protection

Department of Environmental Protection; Revises, creates, & repeals various provisions under jurisdiction of DEP relating to aquatic preserves; preservation & regeneration of seagrass; Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area; use of reclaimed water; Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability & sea level rise data set & assessment; Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan; regional planning councils & estuary partnerships; transfer of regulation of Onsite Sewage Program from DOH to DEP; domestic wastewater treatment facilities; & basin management action plans.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-180.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1557 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1557/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1557 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1557/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1557 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1557/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1557 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1557/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1557 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1557/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaney — primary (person)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2024-01-22** Added to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable with CS by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-31** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Amendment 707493 adopted
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed as amended; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1386
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-180

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b8f6cac-9a9e-466a-b95f-1dbdfc359c76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).