Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1628: Net-zero Policies by Governmental Entities
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Prohibiting governmental entities from adopting or requiring the adoption of net-zero policies; prohibiting governmental entities from expending government funds to support, implement, or advance net-zero policies; prohibiting governmental entities from imposing taxes, fees, penalties, charges, offsets, or assessments to advance net-zero policies; prohibiting governmental entities from implementing, administering, or enforcing a program that functions as a cap-and-trade program or has such effect, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to net-zero policies by governmental entities; creating s. 377.817, F.S.; defining terms; providing legislative findings; providing a declaration of state policy; prohibiting governmental entities from adopting or requiring the adoption of net-zero policies; prohibiting governmental entities from expending government funds to support, implement, or advance net-zero policies; specifying prohibited expenditures; prohibiting governmental entities from imposing taxes, fees, penalties, charges, offsets, or assessments to advance net-zero policies…
From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to net-zero policies by governmental entities; creating s. 377.817, F.S.; defining terms; providing legislative findings; providing a declaration of state policy; prohibiting governmental entities from adopting or requiring the adoption of net-zero policies; prohibiting governmental entities from expending government funds to support, implement, or advance net-zero policies; specifying prohibited expenditures; prohibiting governmental entities from imposing taxes, fees, penalties, charges, offsets, or assessments to advance net-zero policies; prohibiting governmental entities from implementing, administering, or enforcing a program that functions as a cap-and-trade program or has such effect; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to require a specified annual affidavit from all governmental entities; providing applicability; amending ss. 125.01, 166.021, and 166.201, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âSection 377.817, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 377.817âNet-zero and carbon policies, expenditures, taxes, assessments, or trade programs; prohibition.â (1)âDEFINITIONS.âAs used in this section, the term: (a)ââBusiness activityâ means any activity or series of activities that: 1.âInvolve the emission of a greenhouse gas or a combination thereof; and 2.âForm a single undertaking or enterprise with regard to any relevant circumstances. (b)ââCarbon dioxideâ means a naturally occurring gas composed of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms that …