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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1609: Waste Incineration

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1609 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Waste Incineration. Primary sponsor: David Borrero (Republican), Meg Weinberger (Republican), Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in returning Messages.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Waste Incineration; Prohibits local government or DEP, respectively, from issuing construction permit for certain new solid waste disposal facility or waste-to-energy facility in specified areas.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David BorreroPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse111
Meg WeinbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Intergovernmental Affairs SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Mitch RosenwaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse98

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in returning Messages
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. In Messages
  4. Insist House to concur
  5. Refused to recede from amendment(s) to House amendment(s) (159170)
  6. In returning messages
  7. Refused to concur, requested Senate to recede
  8. Amendment 159170 Refuse to Concur
  9. Senate Message List
  10. In Messages
  11. CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 10
  12. Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended to Senate amendment(s) (117705)

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source