Florida SB 912: Battery Collection and Recovery

Bill Text

912 
Battery Collection and Recovery 
2026-02-05T05:48:35Z 
Creating the "Safe Battery Collection and Recovery Act"; requiring a producer to fulfill certain requirements, beginning on a specified date, before selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale in this state any covered battery or battery-containing product; requiring a BSO operating in this state to submit a battery stewardship plan to the Department of Environmental Protection for review and approval, beginning on a specified date; providing fiscal duties for a BSO implementing an approved battery stewardship plan; requiring a BSO to submit a report to the department annually beginning on a specified date, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 912 

 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and 
 Senator McClain 

 592-02470-26 2026912c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to battery collection and recovery; 
 3 creating s. 403.71871, F.S.; providing a short title; 
 4 creating s. 403.71872, F.S.; defining terms; creating 
 5 s. 403.71873, F.S.; requiring a producer to fulfill 
 6 certain requirements, beginning on a specified date, 
 7 before selling, offering for sale, or distributing for 
 8 sale in this state any covered battery or battery 
 9 containing product; providing applicability; 
 10 authorizing the department to amend by rule certain 
 11 provisions for a certain purpose; requiring certain 
 12 producers to list certain information on a battery 
 13 beginning on a specified date; prohibiting a producer, 
 14 retailer, or battery stewardship organization (BSO) 
 15 from charging a certain fee to consumers; creating s. 
 16 403.71874, F.S.; requiring a BSO operating in this 
 17 state to submit a battery stewardship plan to the 
 18 Department of Environmental Protection for review and 
 19 approval, beginning on a specified date; providing 
 20 requirements for the plan; providing a term of 
 21 validity for the plan; requiring a BSO with an 
 22 approved plan to take certain actions; requiring the 
 23 department to make a certain determination regarding a 
 24 battery stewardship plan or plan amendment within a 
 25 specified timeframe; providing certain requirements 
 26 for the department and a BSO in the event a battery 
 27 stewardship plan or amendment is denied; creating s. 
 28 403.71875, F.S.; providing fiscal duties for a BSO 
 29 implementing an approved battery stewardship plan; 
 30 creating s. 403.71876, F.S.; requiring a BSO to take 
 31 certain actions to implement an approved battery 
 32 stewardship plan; defining the term “damaged and 
 33 defective batteries”; authorizing a BSO implementing 
 34 an approved battery stewardship plan to issue a 
 35 warning for the suspension or termination of certain 
 36 collection sites or services; providing that a BSO is 
 37 not required to provide for the collection of 
 38 batteries, battery-containing products, or covered 
 39 batteries if such batteries or products are recalled 
 40 for safety reasons; authorizing a BSO to seek 
 41 reimbursement from the producer of such batteries or 
 42 battery-containing products for certain costs; 
 43 creating s. 403.71877, F.S.; requiring a BSO to take 
 44 certain actions to promote the implementation of an 
 45 approved battery stewardship plan; creating s. 
 46 403.71878, F.S.; requiring a BSO to submit a report to 
 47 the department annually beginning on a specified date; 
 48 providing requirements for such report; requiring a 
 49 BSO to hire an independent third party to audit the 
 50 battery stewardship plan and plan operation within a 
 51 specified timeframe after the implementation of an 
 52 approved battery stewardship plan; providing 
 53 requirements for such audit; requiring a BSO to submit 
 54 a copy of the audit to the department; creating s. 
 55 403.71879, F.S.; requiring the department to include 
 56 certain information on its website relating to battery 
 57 stewardship plans; creating s. 403.71881, F.S.; 
 58 providing that a producer, retailer, or BSO is not 
 59 liable for any claim of a violation of antitrust laws 
 60 or laws relating to fraudulent, deceptive, or unfair 
 61 methods of competition or trade practices; creating s. 
 62 403.71882, F.S.; authorizing a person or recycler to 
 63 offer or perform fee-based household battery 
 64 collection services or mail-back battery collection 
 65 services independently of a BSO if certain conditions 
 66 are met; authorizing a BSO to refuse to accept 
 67 batteries from any such person or recycler if the 
 68 department is notified of the reason for such refusal; 
 69 authorizing such person or recycler to recycle covered 
 70 batteries if such person or recycler provides annual 
 71 collection and recycling data to the department; 
 72 providing requirements for such data; prohibiting such 
 73 person or recycler from receiving compensation f