SB 7064: Oil Drilling
GENERAL BILL by Agriculture
Oil Drilling; Defining the term “fracking”; requiring specified amounts for bonds for certain operations in the Everglades Protection Area; prohibiting fracking in this state; requiring an applicant for certain explorations for and extraction of minerals to post a specified surety bond for projects in the Everglades Protection Area; prohibiting the refining of oil within the Everglades Protection Area; prohibiting the use of flowback fluid for crop irrigation in this state, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Environment and Natural Resources
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Environment and Natural Resources
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
- Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/25/2019 | Senate |
• Submitted for consideration by Agriculture |
| 3/4/2019 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/04/19, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 3/6/2019 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/11/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building |
| 3/11/2019 | Senate |
• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Agriculture; YEAS 3 NAYS 2 |
| 3/12/2019 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/13/2019 | Senate |
• Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations -SJ 227 • Introduced -SJ 227 |
| 3/21/2019 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 03/26/19, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building |
| 3/26/2019 | Senate |
• Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 6 NAYS 4 -SJ 280 • Now in Environment and Natural Resources |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Environment and Natural Resources |
