The Florida Senate

HB 589: Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits

GENERAL BILL by Nix

Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits; Prohibits municipality or political subdivision of state from requiring owners & builders of certain residences to receive construction permits from DEP as condition of issuing building or plumbing permits; requires such owners & builders to provide certain proof to municipality or political subdivision.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/2/2025	House	• Filed
  12/12/2025	House	• Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee • Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/15/2026	House	• Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda

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• HB 589, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/2/2025 at 2:19 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 698	Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Permits	Martin	Identical	Last Action: 1/15/2026 S On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  502415 - Amendment Remove lines 61-672 and insert:	Nix	1/16/2026 4:25 PM		PDF

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  380.0552	Florida Keys Area; protection and designation as area of critical state concern.	Page 28 (pdf)
  381.0065	Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; regulation.	Page 1 (pdf), Page 27 (pdf)
  381.00651	Periodic evaluation and assessment of onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems.	Page 31 (pdf)

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