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Bill Water and Wastewater Facility Operators Water and Wastewater Facility Operators; Revising legislative findings and intent; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to issue water treatment plant operator licenses, water distribution system operator licenses, and domestic wastewater treatment plant operator licenses by reciprocity to certain applicants; providing licensure requirements; authorizing the department to issue temporary operator licenses during a declared state of emergency, etc. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2023 SB 162 Florida SB 162 (2023)
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enacted 2023-204
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Fiscal Policy
Regulated Industries
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Florida SB 162 (2023) — Water and Wastewater Facility Operators

Water and Wastewater Facility Operators; Revising legislative findings and intent; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to issue water treatment plant operator licenses, water distribution system operator licenses, and domestic wastewater treatment plant operator licenses by reciprocity to certain applicants; providing licensure requirements; authorizing the department to issue temporary operator licenses during a declared state of emergency, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-204.

Version chain

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

  1. S 162 Filed (filed) — source
  2. S 162 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. S 162 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. S 162 c3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. S 162 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1140 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 90 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 80 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 180 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Collins — primary (person)
  • Environment and Natural Resources — primary (person)
  • Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
  • Regulated Industries — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-10 Filed filing
  • 2023-01-19 Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Regulated Industries; Fiscal Policy referral-committee
  • 2023-03-07 Introduced introduction
  • 2023-03-15 On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
  • 2023-03-20 CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  • 2023-03-20 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  • 2023-03-21 CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
  • 2023-03-22 Now in Regulated Industries
  • 2023-03-24 On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/29/23, 12:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
  • 2023-03-29 CS/CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  • 2023-03-31 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  • 2023-03-31 Now in Fiscal Policy
  • 2023-03-31 CS/CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
  • 2023-04-10 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/13/23, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  • 2023-04-13 CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
  • 2023-04-14 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  • 2023-04-14 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2023-04-14 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/23
  • 2023-04-17 CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  • 2023-04-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-19 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
  • 2023-04-19 Immediately certified
  • 2023-04-19 In Messages
  • 2023-04-19 Bill referred to House Calendar
  • 2023-04-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
  • 2023-04-19 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) reading-1
  • 2023-04-20 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 23
  • 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
  • 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-20 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 passage
  • 2023-04-20 Ordered enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-06-05 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-09 Approved by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-13 Chapter No. 2023-204

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c154f596-54e6-4fea-b991-c235d91f64e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).