Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1294
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
01/27/2026 .
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The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Bradley)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsections (7) and (8) are added to section
6 403.0855, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 403.0855 Biosolids management.—
8 (7) The land application of bulk Class AA biosolids
9 fertilizer and compost products may not exceed the appropriate
10 agronomic rate. Application records must be maintained by the
11 land application site operator.
12 (8) The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and
13 Agricultural Sciences shall, on a biennial basis, publish and
14 make publicly available the recommended agronomic rates for the
15 beneficial reuse of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and
16 compost products based on predominant application practices.
17 Section 2. Effective July 1, 2028, subsections (9) through
18 (13) are added to section 403.0855, Florida Statutes, as amended
19 by this act, to read:
20 403.0855 Biosolids management.—
21 (9)(a) Bulk Class AA biosolids or biosolids products may be
22 distributed or marketed as fertilizer in accordance with chapter
23 576 and may be land applied if such biosolids and products are
24 transferred pursuant to a bona fide sale as fertilizer and meet
25 all applicable labeling and registration requirements.
26 (b) As used in this section, the term “bona fide sale”
27 means a sale in which monetary consideration is paid for the
28 biosolids fertilizer or biosolids compost product, and the
29 amount paid bears a reasonable relationship to the fair market
30 value of comparable marketable fertilizer or soil-amendment
31 products. A nominal charge, an exchange arrangement, a transfer
32 made to offset disposal costs, or a transfer in which the
33 biosolids treatment facility compensates the recipient does not
34 constitute a bona fide sale. A transaction does not constitute a
35 bona fide sale if its price, structure, or associated payments
36 are arranged for the purpose of avoiding compliance with
37 paragraph (a) or subsection (10).
38 (10)(a) Bulk Class AA biosolids compost products may be
39 distributed or marketed as soil amendments in accordance with
40 chapter 576 and may be land applied if such products are
41 transferred pursuant to a bona fide sale and meet all applicable
42 labeling and registration requirements.
43 (b) Class AA biosolids compost products, if their labeling
44 does not claim any plant nutrients or beneficial plant growth
45 properties, are not required to be distributed or marketed as a
46 soil amendment or a fertilizer, as those terms are defined in s.
47 576.011, if the Class AA biosolids compost products are enrolled
48 and certified under the U.S. Composting Council’s Seal of
49 Testing Assurance program.
50 (11) Bulk Class AA biosolids compost and fertilizer
51 products that are not distributed, marketed, or sold through a
52 bona fide sale as a fertilizer or soil amendment may be land
53 applied only at land application sites expressly approved by the
54 Department of Environmental Protection. This subsection does not
55 apply to Class AA biosolids compost products enrolled and
56 certified under the U.S. Composting Council’s Seal of Testing
57 Assurance program.
58 (12) The requirement for a bona fide sale does not apply to
59 biosolids treatment facilities that own or control the land
60 where the bulk Class AA fertilizer or compost biosolids products
61 are being land applied; however, bulk Class AA products that are
62 land applied on land owned or controlled by a biosolids
63 treatment facility must still meet all applicable registration
64 and labeling requirements before land application.
65 (13) Subsections (9), (10), and (11) do not apply to sales
66 or exchanges between importers, manufacturers, or licensees
67 under s. 576.141.
68 Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
69 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete everything before the enacting clause
74 and insert:
75 A bill to be entitled
76 An act relating to biosolids management; amending s.
77 403.0855, F.S.; prohibiting the land application of
78 Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products
79 from exceeding the appropriate agronomic rate;
80 requiring the land application site operator to
81 maintain application records; requiring the University
82 of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural
83 Sciences to publish and make publicly available
84 recommended agronomic rates for the reuse of bulk
85 Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products,
86 based on certain criteria; authorizing bulk Class AA
87 biosolids or biosolids products to be distributed or
88 marketed as fertilizer and land applied if specified
89 requirements are met; defining the term “bona fide
90 sale”; authorizing bulk Class AA biosolids compost
91 products to be distributed or marketed as soil
92 amendments and land applied if specified requirements
93 are met; providing an exception; requiring that
94 certain bulk Class AA biosolids compost and fertilizer
95 products be land applied at land application sites
96 approved by the Department of Environmental
97 Protection; providing applicability; requiring certain
98 bulk Class AA products that are land applied on
99 certain lands meet certain requirements before land
100 application; providing applicability; providing
101 effective dates.