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CS/CS/SB 712: Environmental Resource Management

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Community Affairs ; Mayfield ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Harrell ; Albritton ; Bradley

Environmental Resource Management; Citing this act as the “Clean Waterways Act”; requiring the Department of Health to provide a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; requiring the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection to submit to the Governor and the Legislature, by a specified date, certain recommendations relating to the transfer of the Onsite Sewage Program; directing water management districts to submit consolidated annual reports to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research; removing provisions requiring certain onsite sewage treatment and disposal system research projects to be approved by a Department of Health technical review and advisory panel, etc.

Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided
Last Action: 7/1/2020 - Chapter No. 2020-150, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1091 (Ch. 2020-158)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/30/2019 Senate • Filed
11/18/2019 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations -SJ 55
12/2/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/09/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
12/9/2019 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 133
12/11/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/13/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 54
• CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 129
1/17/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 01/22/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/22/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
1/24/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations
1/31/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/05/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2/3/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
2/17/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/20/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/20/2020 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 1 -SJ 346
2/24/2020 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/26/2020 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 349
2/27/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/3/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 -SJ 461
3/5/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 427
• Amendment(s) adopted (939348) -SJ 428
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 443
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 507
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 508
3/6/2020 House • In Messages
3/9/2020 House • Referred to Calendar -HJ 1003
• Received -HJ 1003
3/10/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
• Read 2nd time -HJ 1047
• Amendment(s) failed (106257, 518865, 716973, 882781) -HJ 1047
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/11/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 1086
• CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 1086
3/11/2020 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 725
6/16/2020 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/30/2020 • Approved by Governor
7/1/2020 • Chapter No. 2020-150, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1091 (Ch. 2020-158)