---
type: "Bill"
title: "Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits"
description: "Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits; Prohibits municipality or political subdivision of state from requiring owners & builders of certain residences to receive construction permits from DEP as condition of issuing building or plumbing permits; requires such owners & builders to provide certain proof to municipality or political subdivision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "Florida HB 589 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-62"
primary_sponsors: ["Nix"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-12-02"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2a0665e-0b52-4788-b50e-16e6caa20b8e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0a87880b487c11b9814d84d5ded7fbf2aaf4c8770905c4e1b522c64b3b9892ac"
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 589 (2026) — Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits

Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits; Prohibits municipality or political subdivision of state from requiring owners & builders of certain residences to receive construction permits from DEP as condition of issuing building or plumbing permits; requires such owners & builders to provide certain proof to municipality or political subdivision.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-62.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 589 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 589 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 589 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 589 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 589 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 589 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/589/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Nix — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-26** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-28** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 698
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment(s) adopted (596626)
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 596626 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-07** Chapter No. 2026-62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2a0665e-0b52-4788-b50e-16e6caa20b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).