Florida SB 1464: Florida False Claims Act

Bill Text

1464 
Food and Plastic Waste Reduction 
2026-01-08T09:18:25Z 
Requiring the Department of Education to develop a specified pilot program in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring that the pilot program be offered in a certain percentage of schools, beginning in a specified school year; requiring each participating school district to submit a report to the Department of Education by a specified date, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1464 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-01445A-26 20261464__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to food and plastic waste reduction; 
 3 creating s. 1013.121, F.S.; requiring the Department 
 4 of Education to develop a specified pilot program in 
 5 cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and 
 6 Consumer Services; requiring that the pilot program be 
 7 offered in a certain percentage of schools, beginning 
 8 in a specified school year; specifying requirements 
 9 for the pilot program; requiring each participating 
 10 school district to submit a report to the Department 
 11 of Education by a specified date; specifying 
 12 requirements for the report; providing for the 
 13 expiration of the pilot program; providing an 
 14 effective date. 
 15 
 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 17 
 18 Section 1. Section 1013.121, Florida Statutes, is created 
 19 to read: 
 20 1013.121 School food and plastic waste reduction.— 
 21 (1) The Department of Education shall develop a 3-year 
 22 pilot program in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture 
 23 and Consumer Service’s Farm to School program to be offered in 
 24 up to 10 percent of schools in any school district in this state 
 25 by the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. The program must 
 26 include all of the following: 
 27 (a) A partnership with a local nonprofit organization or 
 28 food bank to redistribute edible cafeteria food and divert 
 29 organic food waste to a composting program. 
 30 (b) Installation of a sorting system for cafeteria waste, 
 31 subject to legislative appropriation. 
 32 (c) Installation of a dishwashing system, with priority 
 33 given to schools that previously operated a dishwashing system, 
 34 subject to legislative appropriation. 
 35 (d) Elimination of single-use plastics by replacing them 
 36 with stainless steel reusable serving ware. 
 37 (2) Each participating school district shall submit an 
 38 annual report to the Department of Education by the end of each 
 39 school year which includes all of the following: 
 40 (a) Total quantity of cafeteria waste diverted to landfill 
 41 or incineration. 
 42 (b) Total quantity by weight of cafeteria food donated. 
 43 (c) Total quantity by weight of organic food waste diverted 
 44 as animal feed or compost. 
 45 (d) Total quantity of single-use plastic items eliminated. 
 46 (e) Cost savings realized by the school district. 
 47 (f) Any barriers encountered and recommendations for the 
 48 pilot program. 
 49 (3) The pilot program expires and this section is repealed 
 50 July 1, 2030. 
 51 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.