---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biosolids Management"
description: "Biosolids Management ; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "Florida HB 1285 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-171"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyles"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb9c8c4-a78d-4c68-97ba-335444d0958d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1285/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4a36c2922a107a10334760fd0694750afd3fc98a95318c2d37e5ea2a162465db"
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 1285 (2026) — Biosolids Management

Biosolids Management ; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-171.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1285 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1285/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1285 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1285/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1285 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1285/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1285 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1285/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyles — primary (person)
- Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2026-02-02** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-04** Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2026-02-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-05** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-24** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** In Messages
- **2026-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1474
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-26** Chapter No. 2026-171

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdb9c8c4-a78d-4c68-97ba-335444d0958d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).