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IntroducedDec 10, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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.
Summary
Comments on SB 848
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Rulesprimary
- Environment and Natural Resourcesprimary

Votes
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (598430)
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Now in Rules
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Community Affairs
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- Introduced
- Jan 08, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Dec 16, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules
- Dec 10, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 848 FiledHTML
- S 848 c1HTML
- S 848 c2HTML
- S 848 e1HTML
- Committee Amendment 453862 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/13/2026) -- Environment and Natural Resources (Truenow)PDF
- Committee Amendment 894554 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/18/2026) -- Rules (Truenow)PDF
- Committee Amendment to Amendment 159868 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/18/2026) -- Rules (Truenow)PDF
- Floor Amendment 598430 (Senate: Adopted 2/26/2026) -- TruenowPDF
- Floor Amendment to Amendment 626924 (Senate: Adopted 2/26/2026) -- TruenowPDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) (1/14/2026 7:55 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) (1/14/2026 8:03 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) (2/9/2026 3:00 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) (2/10/2026 5:50 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/16/2026 8:32 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/19/2026 8:40 AM)
