# Florida HB 733: Brownfields Florida HB 733, Brownfields, is a 2025 House bill sponsored by Adam Anderson (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-04 (Chapter No. 2025-116); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB733-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 733 - State: Florida - Session: 2025 - Title: Brownfields - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-19 - Last action: 2025-06-04, Chapter No. 2025-116 - Sponsor: Adam Anderson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Appropriation, Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee, Ways & Means Committee, State Affairs Committee, Rules - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (148 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State registry replaces local contamination map notes: benefit, low. Florida’s environmental department must publish a statewide registry of contaminated brownfield sites with legal use limits or physical safeguards. It must be public by July 1, 2026, listing controls, contaminants, affected soil or water, land-use limits, and county. Local governments must be notif… - Cleaned property sections can receive approval: benefit, low. Cleanup agencies cannot deny No Further Action status or a completion order solely because contamination remains on a larger site. The brownfield portion must meet cleanup standards, and soil and groundwater contamination spreading from it must be adequately addressed. This applies regardless of wh… - Federally regulated sites gain cleanup access: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, some sites under federal enforcement, corrective action, or specified hazardous-waste permits can enter Florida’s brownfield program. They need a federal no-objection letter and state concurrence, or compliance with Section V of the November 28, 2005, federal-state agreement… - More access for community cleanup projects: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, local governments and persons joined with them for business qualify if they caused no contamination on or after that date. Other participants remain barred if they caused or added to contamination on or after July 1, 1997. Qualifying applicants under state enforcement or cor… - Extra tax credit for finished cleanups: benefit, low. Eligible brownfield cleanup applicants can claim an additional credit worth 25% of eligible cleanup costs, up to $500,000. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection must approve the annual application and issue a site rehabilitation completion order. Applicants must claim the extra credit wi… - Tax credit for brownfield waste removal: benefit, low. Eligible applicants can claim a one-time credit worth 50% of qualifying solid-waste removal costs, capped at $500,000 per brownfield site. Applicants must meet brownfield participation requirements, and removal must be complete before the single application per site. The site must never have operat… - Later tax-credit decisions for cleanup applicants: cost, low. For annual applications due January 31, Florida’s environmental department now sends eligibility notices and credit certificates by June 1. This replaces the May 1 deadline. The June 1 deadline does not apply when the department has issued a notice that an application needs corrections. After recei… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Adam Anderson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-02 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 116 | 0 | | ## Actions (44) - 2025-06-04: Chapter No. 2025-116 - 2025-06-03: Approved by Governor - 2025-06-02: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2025-05-02: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2025-05-02: In Messages (House) - 2025-05-02: CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 0 -SJ 1137 (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Read 3rd time -SJ 1137 (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Read 2nd time -SJ 1137 (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Substituted for CS/CS/SB 736 -SJ 1137 (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 1137 (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Received (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Referred to Rules (Senate) - 2025-04-16: In Messages (Senate) - 2025-04-16: CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 (House) - 2025-04-16: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-16: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-16: Placed on 3rd reading (House) - 2025-04-16: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025) (House) - 2025-04-08: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-08: Bill released to House Calendar (House) - 2025-04-08: Reported out of State Affairs Committee (House) - 2025-04-08: Favorable by State Affairs Committee (House) - 2025-04-04: Added to State Affairs Committee agenda (House) - 2025-03-27: Now in State Affairs Committee (House) - 2025-03-27: Reported out of Ways & Means Committee (House) - 2025-03-27: Favorable by Ways & Means Committee (House) - 2025-03-25: Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda (House) - 2025-03-20: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2025-03-20: Now in Ways & Means Committee (House) - 2025-03-20: Referred to State Affairs Committee (House) - 2025-03-20: Referred to Ways & Means Committee (House) - 2025-03-19: CS Filed (House) - 2025-03-19: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2025-03-19: Reported out of Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-18: Favorable with CS by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-14: Added to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-04: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2025-02-26: Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-26: Referred to State Affairs Committee (House) - 2025-02-26: Referred to Ways & Means Committee (House) - 2025-02-26: Referred to Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-19: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2025-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/733/BillText/er/PDF) - c1, 2025-03-19: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/733/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/733/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed) - HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed) - HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed) - HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed) - HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed) - HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/733/BillText/er/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/733/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/733/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025) - [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025) - [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025) - [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025) - [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025) - [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB733-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).