States / Florida / HB 1457

HB 1457 Reported from Committee

Stormwater Treatment

Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted

Stormwater Treatment ; Prohibits certain stormwater treatment & net improvement activities; requires DEP to require specified documentation for issuance of environmental resource permit for regional stormwater management systems; provides requirements for environmental resource permits authorizing such systems; authorizes certain permit applicants to purchase & use certain pollution reduction allocations & water quality enhancement credits; requires DEP & water management districts to use specified information to establish drainage areas; provides that certain use of enhancement credits constitutes stormwater treatment; provides that certain pollutant load reductions may not be referred to as enhancement credits; requires DEP to file specified rules for adoption by specified date; provides for water quality enhancement provisional permits; provides for modification of such permits under certain conditions; requires DEP & water management districts to recognize enhancement credits established in provisional permits; clarifies types of mitigation measures for compensating stormwater treatment which DEP or water management district governing boards must consider.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 9, 2026
Last action
Mar 11, 2026 — Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 848 (Ch. 2026-60)
Session
2026
Momentum
58 · Moderate