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SB 796 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

General Permits for Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems

Summary
General Permits for Distributed Wastewater Treatment Systems; Authorizing the Secretary of Environmental Protection to grant a general permit for the replacement of an existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal system with a distributed wastewater treatment system under certain circumstances; providing for the installation of distributed wastewater treatment units to proceed without any further action by the Department of Environmental Protection if a permittee submits a notification to the department at least a specified number of days before installation, etc.
Issues: ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentStreamlines permits for distributed wastewater systems, enabling improved pollution control and environmental protection through efficient sewage treatment upgrades.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

S 796 Filed → S 796 er · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill was finalized and enrolled for enactment, converting a draft version into an official legislative text. The substantive policy content regarding distributed wastewater treatment systems remains unchanged, establishing a general permit process for replacing existing onsite sewage systems with advanced remote-controlled treatment units.
TIMELINE

Added metadata headers and footer information including bill number (SB 796), status (ENROLLED), filing date (2025-04-30), and effective date (2025-07-01) that were not present in the draft version.

TECHNICAL

Replaced draft formatting markers (page numbers, coding instructions, line numbers) with clean, final legislative formatting suitable for enrolled bills.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican27
26 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/08/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/26/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jennifer Bradley
Jennifer Bradley
RRepublican
FL
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