---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative"
description: "Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Requires initiative to develop certain deployment technologies & approaches & submit report to DEP, FWCC, DACS, & specified state agencies; requires DEP to submit evaluation regarding technologies & approaches to Mote Marine Laboratory within specified time period & amend regulatory or permitting processes & expedite regulatory reviews; removes expiration of date of initiative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "Florida HB 1565 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-105"
primary_sponsors: ["Grant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e56713e0-bbb1-4e96-a45a-47993072b81c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1565/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9d1e219547289bc44bc8cee6068f92de00259f1a4cacff0da20ce489b4e2c27f"
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 1565 (2024) — Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative

Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Requires initiative to develop certain deployment technologies & approaches & submit report to DEP, FWCC, DACS, & specified state agencies; requires DEP to submit evaluation regarding technologies & approaches to Mote Marine Laboratory within specified time period & amend regulatory or permitting processes & expedite regulatory reviews; removes expiration of date of initiative.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-105.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1565 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1565/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1565 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1565/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1565 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1565/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1565 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1565/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Grant — primary (person)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Stevenson — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — 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 by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-05** Favorable with CS by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-06** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 1360
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In Messages
- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-24** Chapter No. 2024-105

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e56713e0-bbb1-4e96-a45a-47993072b81c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).