Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1067: Battery Collection and Disposal
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Repeals provisions relating to battery requirements for consumers, manufacturers, & sellers; prohibits producers or retailers from selling, offering, or distributing any battery or battery containing product unless certain conditions are met; provides requirements for battery stewardship organizations regarding collection & disposal of batteries & battery containing products; requires DEP to take certain actions regarding plans & data for such collection & disposal; prohibits certain point-of-sale fees; authorizes fee-based battery collection & mail-back service for covered batteries; provides requirements for disposal of batteries beginning on specified date; provides exemption from liability for producers, retailers, & battery stewardship organizations; provides for penalties & civil actions.
What the bill says
An act relating to battery collection and disposal; providing a short title; repealing s. 403.7192, F.S., relating to battery requirements for consumers, manufacturers, and sellers; creating s. 403.71911, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, producers or retailers from selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale any battery or battery containing product unless certain conditions are met; providing applicability…
From the introduced text, January 6, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to battery collection and disposal; providing a short title; repealing s. 403.7192, F.S., relating to battery requirements for consumers, manufacturers, and sellers; creating s. 403.71911, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, producers or retailers from selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale any battery or battery containing product unless certain conditions are met; providing applicability; requiring battery stewardship organizations to submit specified battery stewardship plans to the Department of Environmental Protection by a specified date; requiring that proposed amendments to approved plans be submitted to the department; requiring battery stewardship organizations with approved plans to submit new plans to the department for approval within a specified timeframe; requiring such plans to include certain audits and corrective measures; requiring the department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny such plans or amendments within a specified timeframe; providing requirements for the approval or denial of such plans and amendments; providing requirements for the implementation of approved battery stewardship plans; authorizing battery stewardship organizations words underlined are additions. hb1067-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 1067 2026 to issue warnings to, suspend, or terminate collection sites or services under specified conditions; requiring battery stewardship organizations to provide certain notice to the department; providing conditions under which battery stewardship organizations are not required to provide for the …
Sponsors
- Gentry, Richard (R, HD-027) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to Budget Committee
- : Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1067?
- H1067 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Battery Collection and Disposal.
- What does H1067 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to battery collection and disposal; providing a short title; repealing s. 403.7192, F.S., relating to battery requirements for consumers, manufacturers, and sellers; creating s. 403.71911, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, producers or retailers from selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale any battery or battery containing product unless certain conditions are met; providing applicability…
- What is the status of H1067?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1067?
- Gentry, Richard (R, HD-027).
- Where is the official record for H1067?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1067
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