Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H575: Auxiliary Containers
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Defines "auxiliary container" and "single-use"; removes obsolete provisions; preempting regulation of auxiliary containers to state; provides exceptions; requires DEP to develop uniform ordinance for use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; provides requirements for development of such ordinance; requires that sale or distribution of single-use plastic auxiliary containers on lands managed by Division of Recreation & Parks of DEP be eliminated to greatest extent possible; prohibits use, sale, or distribution of certain single-use auxiliary containers on such lands; requires department to develop and make available on its website statewide Marine Debris Reduction Plan; provides requirements for such plan; removes s. 500.90, F.S., relating to regulation of polystyrene products preempted to DACS.
What the bill says
An act relating to auxiliary containers; amending s. 403.703, F.S.; defining the terms "auxiliary container" and "single-use"; amending s. 403.7033, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; providing exceptions; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a uniform ordinance for the use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; providing requirements for the development of such ordinance…
From the introduced text, December 2, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to auxiliary containers; amending s. 403.703, F.S.; defining the terms "auxiliary container" and "single-use"; amending s. 403.7033, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; providing exceptions; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a uniform ordinance for the use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; providing requirements for the development of such ordinance; requiring that the sale or distribution of single-use plastic auxiliary containers on lands managed by the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection be eliminated to the greatest extent possible; prohibiting the use, sale, or distribution of certain single-use auxiliary containers on such lands; requiring the department to develop and make available on its website a statewide Marine Debris Reduction Plan; providing requirements for such plan; repealing s. 500.90, F.S., relating to the regulation of polystyrene products preempted to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; amending s. 403.707, F.S.; conforming crossreferences; providing an effective date. words underlined are additions. hb575-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 575 2026 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsections (2) through (33) and (34) through (48) of section 403.703, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3) through (34) and (36) through (50), respectively, new subsections (2) …
Sponsors
- Weinberger, Meg (R, HD-094) · primary sponsor
- Basabe, Fabián (R, HD-106) · primary sponsor
- Cassel, Hillary (R, HD-101)
- Eskamani, Anna (D, HD-042)
- Harris, Rita (D, HD-044)
- Tendrich, Debra (D, HD-089)
Latest actions
- : Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : Referred to State Affairs Committee
- : Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H575?
- H575 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Auxiliary Containers.
- What does H575 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to auxiliary containers; amending s. 403.703, F.S.; defining the terms "auxiliary container" and "single-use"; amending s. 403.7033, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; providing exceptions; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a uniform ordinance for the use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; providing requirements for the development of such ordinance…
- What is the status of H575?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H575?
- Weinberger, Meg (R, HD-094), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H575?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/575
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