No. CS/CS/HB 1019
Filed under Environment & Water.
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Prohibits, beginning on specified date, certain use & sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requires, beginning on specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories & disposal plans to DEP; prohibits, beginning on specified date, possession & use of aqueous film-forming foam; authorizes DEP to administer certain grants or cost share programs; provides penalties & injunctive relief; requires certain public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent to quarterly conduct specified samplings & submit results to DEP; limits purpose such samplings until specified standards are established by EPA & adopted by DEP.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDStarting July 1, 2026, PFAS-based firefighting foam can no longer be used for training or testing, and anyone holding it must report their inventory to state environmental regulators.
A year later, selling, buying, or distributing the foam in Florida becomes illegal, and remaining stockpiles need a state-approved disposal plan; by mid-2029, possessing or using it at all is banned.
Airports, the military, and firefighters facing an emergency with no PFAS-free alternative on hand can keep using the old foam even after the 2029 ban takes effect.
Large public sewage plants must test their biosolids and treated wastewater for PFAS every quarter and report to the state, but the results cannot be used to penalize anyone until federal or state PFAS standards actually exist.
AIBeginning July 1, 2026, aqueous film-forming foam containing PFAS may no longer be used for any nonemergency instruction, training, or testing, though emergency firefighting use is untouched at this stage.
AIBeginning July 1, 2027, the sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam anywhere in Florida becomes illegal, and anyone with leftover inventory must file a disposal plan with the department.
AIBeginning July 1, 2029, possessing or using aqueous film-forming foam becomes illegal throughout Florida, subject only to the exemptions for airports, the military, genuine firefighting emergencies, and approved retrofit projects.
AIPublic wastewater plants handling at least 25,000 gallons a day must test biosolids and treated effluent for PFAS every quarter and report results to the department, but the results cannot trigger enforcement or a lawsuit until federal or state PFAS standards exist.
AIThe 2029 possession-and-use ban does not reach airports, military uses lacking an alternative, emergency firefighting when no substitute foam is available, or previously submitted retrofit projects.
AIAnyone who violates the aqueous film-forming foam law faces civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation for each day it continues, on top of added penalties for failing to report inventories or file disposal plans.