The Florida Senate

SB 1562: Solar Photovoltaic Facility Development

GENERAL BILL by Ausley

Solar Photovoltaic Facility Development; Citing this act as the "Brownfields to Brightfields Act"; directing the Department of Environmental Protection, in coordination with the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to conduct a study of brownfield sites and closed landfill sites to determine viable locations for redevelopment as solar photovoltaic facilities, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/5/2022	Senate	• Filed
  1/12/2022	Senate	• Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations -SJ 135
  1/18/2022	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 135
  1/26/2022	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/31/2022	Senate	• Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 242 • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  2/17/2022	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/22/22, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/22/2022	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 451 • Now in Appropriations
  3/12/2022	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3/14/2022	Senate	• Died in Appropriations

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• SB 1562, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/5/2022 at 3:43 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 1/28/2022 (pdf) Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 1/31/2022 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) 2/21/2022 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Post-Meeting) 2/22/2022 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 745	Solar Photovoltaic Facility Development	Alexander	Identical	Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/31/2022 3:00 PM	Environment and Natural Resources	6 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/22/2022 2:00 PM	Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government	10 Yeas - 0 Nays

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