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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 156: 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

SB 156 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Safe Waterways Act. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Policy.

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; Citing this act as the "Safe Waterways Act"; requiring the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection to submit to the Governor and the Legislature, by a specified date, certain recommendations relating to the transfer of duties related to the bacteriological sampling of beach waters and public bathing places; requiring the departments to enter into an interagency agreement, by a specified date, that meets certain requirements; requiring municipalities and counties to notify the department of any incident that may affect the quality of beach waters and public bathing places within their respective jurisdictions, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40

“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 Health Policy
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  5. Filed

Sources

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