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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 978: Advanced Wastewater Treatment

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 978 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Advanced Wastewater Treatment. Primary sponsor: Lori Berman (Democratic), Environment and Natural Resources. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Fiscal 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.

Advanced Wastewater Treatment; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with water management districts and wastewater facilities, to submit to the Governor and the Legislature specified reports on certain sewage disposal facilities in this state by specified dates, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lori BermanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Environment and Natural ResourcesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Fiscal Policy
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Fiscal Policy
  4. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  5. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  6. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  7. CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
  8. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  9. CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/17/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  11. Introduced
  12. Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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