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type: "Bill"
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title: "Stormwater Treatment"
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description: "Stormwater Treatment; Prohibiting certain stormwater treatment and net improvement activities; defining the term “regional stormwater management system”; requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection or a water management district require an applicant to provide certain documentation of adequate financial responsibility in order to meet certain requirements; authorizing water quality enhancement credits to be used by governmental entities to meet environmental resource permit stormwater treatment performance standards or achieve net improvement, pursuant to specified provisions, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 848"
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citation: "Florida SB 848 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ports and harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-60"
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primary_sponsors: ["Truenow"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-12-10"
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last_action: "2026-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c85e5aa-5bf8-48d9-b7fa-1feef60d4250"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "65fafdc8d2d9c14ee77e1483e75c07901d358b9d6efe93e8e065ab5fc851efbe"
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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 848 (2026) — Stormwater Treatment
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Stormwater Treatment; Prohibiting certain stormwater treatment and net improvement activities; defining the term “regional stormwater management system”; requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection or a water management district require an applicant to provide certain documentation of adequate financial responsibility in order to meet certain requirements; authorizing water quality enhancement credits to be used by governmental entities to meet environmental resource permit stormwater treatment performance standards or achieve net improvement, pursuant to specified provisions, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-60.
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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 848 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 848 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 848 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 848 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 848 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Environment and Natural Resources — primary (organization)
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- Rules — primary (organization)
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- Truenow — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-12-16** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2026-01-13** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
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- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-01-14** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
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- **2026-01-16** Now in Community Affairs
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- **2026-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Now in Rules
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- **2026-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2026-02-17** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
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- **2026-02-19** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-19** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
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- **2026-02-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Amendment(s) adopted (598430)
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- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
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- **2026-02-26** In Messages
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- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
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- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-07** Chapter No. 2026-60
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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/8c85e5aa-5bf8-48d9-b7fa-1feef60d4250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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