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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 73: Safe Waterways Act

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 73 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 27, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Safe Waterways Act. Primary sponsor: Peggy Gossett-Seidman (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee.

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.

Safe Waterways Act; Transfers duties related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places from DOH to DEP; provides requirements for such transfer; revises provisions related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places, including rule adoption & enforcement; issuance of health advisories; closure of beach waters & public bathing places; notification & signage requirements; & public statewide interagency database.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Peggy Gossett-SeidmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse91

“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 Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Budget Committee
  7. Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  8. Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  9. Filed

Sources

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