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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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5 | 36 | 5 | 2023-01-10 | 2023-06-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/c154f596-54e6-4fea-b991-c235d91f64e5 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/ByCategory | 4dad9773bf3da6a9e26143f223038b3d9b79c0ae4dcd5e413810d27cc029c0c2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- S 162 Filed (filed) — source
- S 162 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 162 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 162 c3 (committee substitute) — source
- S 162 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 18–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 39–0 (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).