Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1226: Refrigerant Safety and Agricultural Continuity
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creating the "Refrigerant Safety and Agricultural Continuity Act"; authorizing commercial and agricultural food processing and cold chain industries to continue to purchase, install, and service equipment utilizing R-410A refrigerants through a specified date; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to maintain certain records; providing immunity from liability for certain persons and business entities, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to refrigerant safety and agricultural continuity; creating s. 604.74, F.S.; providing a short title; providing legislative findings and intent; defining terms; authorizing commercial and agricultural food processing and cold chain industries to continue to purchase, install, and service equipment utilizing R-410A refrigerants through a specified date; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to maintain certain records; requiring the department to provide an annual report to the Legislature by a specified date…
From the introduced text, January 6, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to refrigerant safety and agricultural continuity; creating s. 604.74, F.S.; providing a short title; providing legislative findings and intent; defining terms; authorizing commercial and agricultural food processing and cold chain industries to continue to purchase, install, and service equipment utilizing R-410A refrigerants through a specified date; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to maintain certain records; requiring the department to provide an annual report to the Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the annual report; providing immunity from liability for certain persons and business entities; authorizing the department to coordinate with certain entities for a specified purpose; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing construction; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 604.74, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 604.74 Refrigerant safety and agricultural continuity.-- (1) This section may be cited as the "Refrigerant Safety and Agricultural Continuity Act." (2) The Legislature finds that this state's agricultural food processing and cold chain industries rely upon refrigerant systems that ensure product safety, temperature stability, and export reliability. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's technology transition rule requires replacement of R 410A refrigerants with A2L refrigerants, including R-454B refrigerants, beginning in calendar years 2025 and 2026. R-454B refrigerant is …