---
type: "Bill"
title: "Former Phosphate Mining Lands"
description: "Former Phosphate Mining Lands; Provides conditions for cause of action against certain former phosphate mine sites; authorizes landowners to record certain notice of former phosphate mines; specifies requirements for such notice; requires DOH to conduct gamma radiation surveys of former phosphate land parcels upon petition; requires that specified documentation of radiation levels be submitted in certain civil actions related to phosphate mining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Florida HB 167 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-103"
primary_sponsors: ["Gentry", "McClure"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-14"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d32e8cb5-3670-418a-82e4-0e1a11c5d213"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/167/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b90d8bfcebb3bfa648103ab1d145edfe4e8d3886767dcfe946309fd58bf6e671"
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 167 (2026) — Former Phosphate Mining Lands

Former Phosphate Mining Lands; Provides conditions for cause of action against certain former phosphate mine sites; authorizes landowners to record certain notice of former phosphate mines; specifies requirements for such notice; requires DOH to conduct gamma radiation surveys of former phosphate land parcels upon petition; requires that specified documentation of radiation levels be submitted in certain civil actions related to phosphate mining.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-103.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 167 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/167/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 167 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/167/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **87–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gentry — primary (person)
- McClure — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-10-29** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-11-05** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-05** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-11-05** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-11-12** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-11-19** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-19** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-11-19** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-01-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-15** Passed; YEAS 87, NAYS 24 `passage`
- **2026-01-15** In Messages
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-01-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-01-27** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/26
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-103

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d32e8cb5-3670-418a-82e4-0e1a11c5d213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).