Florida House Bill 1531

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires DEP to establish Blue Communities Program & Blue Communities Fund; establishes advisory board within DEP; provides for membership; establishes Ocean State Climate Adaptation & Resilience Grant Fund within DEP; specifies sources & uses of funding & project eligibility requirements; provides duties of DEP & Florida Oceans & Coastal Council; provides reporting requirements; requires DEP & council to jointly adopt rules; establishes Marine Resources Conservation Account within Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund to be administered by FWCC; requires DEP, or local county health department designated by DEP, to monitor level of forever chemicals in certain water systems; provides monitoring standards.

Climate Resilience and Drinking Water Standards

Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]	Rep. Kristen Arrington [D]	Rep. Robin Bartleman [D]	Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis [D]
Rep. Hillary Cassel [D]	Rep. Fentrice Driskell [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]	Rep. Ashley Gantt [D]
Rep. Michael Gottlieb [D]	Rep. Jennifer Harris [D]	Rep. Tom Keen [D]	Rep. Angela Nixon [D]
Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson [D]	Rep. Kelly Skidmore [D]	Rep. Susan Valdes [D]	Rep. Katherine Waldron [D]
Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	House	Died in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
2024-01-13	House	Now in Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
2024-01-13	House	Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee
2024-01-13	House	Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
2024-01-13	House	Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee
2024-01-09	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2024-01-08	House	Filed

S1630 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Environment and Natural Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
379	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text
380	0939		Amended Code	See Bill Text
380	245		Amended Code	See Bill Text
403	853		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1531
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1531/BillText/Filed/PDF