Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1457: Stormwater Treatment
Status: Passed one chamber, March 11, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to stormwater treatment; amending s. 311.106, F.S.; prohibiting certain stormwater treatment and net improvement activities; prohibiting certain water quality enhancement areas from conveying enhancement credits to provide stormwater treatment or achieve net improvement; amending s. 373.403, F.S.; defining terms; amending s. 373.413, F.S.; defining the term "regional stormwater management system"…
From the introduced text, February 27, 2026:
An act relating to stormwater treatment; amending s. 311.106, F.S.; prohibiting certain stormwater treatment and net improvement activities; prohibiting certain water quality enhancement areas from conveying enhancement credits to provide stormwater treatment or achieve net improvement; amending s. 373.403, F.S.; defining terms; amending s. 373.413, F.S.; 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; providing requirements for such financial responsibility; providing construction; requiring an environmental resource permit authorizing a regional stormwater management system to establish and include a specified graphic depiction; authorizing certain environmental resource permit applicants to purchase and use pollution reduction allocations from a regional stormwater management system to meet certain performance criteria; requiring the department or water management district to use a specified identifier to establish the drainage area; providing an exception; amending s. 373.4134, F.S.; revising CS/CS/HB 1457 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1457-02-c2 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES legislative findings; deleting the definition of the term "enhancement credit"; 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; providing that the use of enhancement credits …
Sponsors
- Gonzalez Pittman, Karen (R, HD-065) · primary sponsor
- Overdorf, Toby (R, HD-085) · primary sponsor
- Buchanan, James (R, SD-022)
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
Latest actions
- : Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 848 (Ch. 2026-60)
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- : Bill referred to House Calendar
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- : Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- : Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- : Now in State Affairs Committee
Votes
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 26, 2026): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 26, 2026): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (February 12, 2026): 15 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House: Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (February 12, 2026): 15 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H1457?
- H1457 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Stormwater Treatment.
- What does H1457 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to stormwater treatment; amending s. 311.106, F.S.; prohibiting certain stormwater treatment and net improvement activities; prohibiting certain water quality enhancement areas from conveying enhancement credits to provide stormwater treatment or achieve net improvement; amending s. 373.403, F.S.; defining terms; amending s. 373.413, F.S.; defining the term "regional stormwater management system"…
- What is the status of H1457?
- Passed one chamber as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 848 (Ch. 2026-60) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1457?
- Gonzalez Pittman, Karen (R, HD-065), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1457?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1457
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