republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/sb-7040.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Rules Relating to Stormwater"
description: "Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Rules Relating to Stormwater; Ratifying a specified rule relating to environmental resource permitting for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs; ratifying rule 62-330.010, Florida Administrative Code, with specified changes; requiring that specified future amendments to such rule be submitted in bill form to, and approved by, the Legislature, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7040"
citation: "Florida SB 7040 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-275"
primary_sponsors: ["Environment and Natural Resources"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe8ad65-03b5-4c9a-89f0-9ced2145c67d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7040/ByCategory"
source_hash: "54dc48144395ac89518a7098c53a3634d46010b48a63fa6daf798cc2bfb52dc6"
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 SB 7040 (2024) — Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Rules Relating to Stormwater

Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Rules Relating to Stormwater; Ratifying a specified rule relating to environmental resource permitting for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs; ratifying rule 62-330.010, Florida Administrative Code, with specified changes; requiring that specified future amendments to such rule be submitted in bill form to, and approved by, the Legislature, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-275.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7040 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7040/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7040 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7040/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 7040 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7040/BillText/pb/HTML)
4. **S 7040 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7040/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 7040 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7040/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Environment and Natural Resources — primary (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Mayfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Submitted for consideration by Environment and Natural Resources
- **2024-01-18** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/23/24, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2024-01-23** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2024-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/08/24, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2024-02-08** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2024-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/14/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-02-12** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-13** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2024-02-14** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/22/24
- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment(s) adopted (841004)
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Chapter No. 2024-275

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe8ad65-03b5-4c9a-89f0-9ced2145c67d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).