Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1019: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Status: Chaptered, June 17, 2026
Prohibits, beginning on specified date, certain use & sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requires, beginning on specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories & disposal plans to DEP; prohibits, beginning on specified date, possession & use of aqueous film-forming foam; authorizes DEP to administer certain grants or cost share programs; provides penalties & injunctive relief; requires certain public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent to quarterly conduct specified samplings & submit results to DEP; limits purpose such samplings until specified standards are established by EPA & adopted by DEP.
What the bill says
An act relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; providing a short title; creating s. 376.911, F.S.; defining the terms "aqueous filmforming foam" and "department"; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, certain use and the sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requiring, beginning on a specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories and disposal plans to the Department of Environmental Protection; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, the possession and use of aqueous film-forming foam…
From the enrolled text, March 13, 2026:
An act relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; providing a short title; creating s. 376.911, F.S.; defining the terms "aqueous filmforming foam" and "department"; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, certain use and the sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requiring, beginning on a specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories and disposal plans to the Department of Environmental Protection; prohibiting, beginning on a specified date, the possession and use of aqueous film-forming foam; providing applicability; providing duties of the department; authorizing the department to administer certain grants or cost share programs; providing penalties and injunctive relief; amending s. 403.086, F.S.; requiring certain public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent to quarterly conduct specified samplings and submit the results to the Department of Environmental Protection; limiting the purpose of such samplings and results until specified standards are established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and adopted by the department; providing an effective date. words underlined are additions. hb1019 -03-er FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 1019, Engrossed 1 2026 Legislature Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Joe Casello Act." Section 2. Section 376.911, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 376.911 Aqueous film-forming foam.-- (1) As used in this section, the term: …