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type: "Bill"
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title: "Water and Wastewater Facility Operators"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 162"
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citation: "Florida SB 162 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-204"
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primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Fiscal Policy", "Regulated Industries"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c154f596-54e6-4fea-b991-c235d91f64e5"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "4dad9773bf3da6a9e26143f223038b3d9b79c0ae4dcd5e413810d27cc029c0c2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 162 (2023) — Water and Wastewater Facility Operators
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-204.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 162 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 162 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 162 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 162 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/BillText/c3/HTML)
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5. **S 162 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/162/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Collins — primary (person)
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- Environment and Natural Resources — primary (person)
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- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
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- Regulated Industries — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-01-19** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Regulated Industries; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-20** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-21** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
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- **2023-03-22** Now in Regulated Industries
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- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/29/23, 12:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-29** CS/CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-31** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-31** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-03-31** CS/CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
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- **2023-04-10** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/13/23, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-13** CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
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- **2023-04-14** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-14** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/23
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- **2023-04-17** CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
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- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-19** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
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- **2023-04-19** In Messages
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- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-20** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 23
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-13** Chapter No. 2023-204
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c154f596-54e6-4fea-b991-c235d91f64e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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