Florida SB 766: Registration of Agents and Organizations Associated with Foreign Countries of Concern

Bill Text

766 
Waste Management 
2025-12-04T11:42:38Z 
Deleting obsolete provisions that provide legislative findings and require the Department of Environmental Protection to review and update a specified report; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; permitting rules, regulations, or ordinances restricting the use of glass auxiliary containers within the boundaries of a public beach; authorizing the Division of Recreation and Parks to regulate auxiliary containers within state parks; specifying that certain local ordinances and restrictions are permitted, 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 766 

 By Senator Martin 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to waste management; amending s. 
 3 403.703, F.S.; defining the term “auxiliary 
 4 container”; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 
 5 403.7033, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions that 
 6 provide legislative findings and require the 
 7 Department of Environmental Protection to review and 
 8 update a specified report; preempting the regulation 
 9 of auxiliary containers to the state; permitting 
 10 rules, regulations, or ordinances restricting the use 
 11 of glass auxiliary containers within the boundaries of 
 12 a public beach; authorizing the Division of Recreation 
 13 and Parks to regulate auxiliary containers within 
 14 state parks; specifying that certain local ordinances 
 15 and restrictions are permitted; amending s. 403.707, 
 16 F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an 
 17 effective date. 
 18 
 19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 20 
 21 Section 1. Present subsections (2) through (48) of section 
 22 403.703, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3) 
 23 through (49), respectively, a new subsection (2) is added to 
 24 that section, and present subsection (35) of that section is 
 25 amended, to read: 
 26 403.703 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 
 27 (2) “Auxiliary container” means a reusable or single-use 
 28 bag, cup, bottle, can, or other packaging that meets both of the 
 29 following requirements: 
 30 (a) Is made of cloth; paper; plastic, including, but not 
 31 limited to, foamed plastic, expanded plastic, or polystyrene; 
 32 cardboard or corrugated material; molded fiber; aluminum; glass; 
 33 postconsumer recycled material; or similar material or 
 34 substrates, including coated, laminated, or multilayer 
 35 substrates. 
 36 (b) Is designed for transporting, consuming, or protecting 
 37 merchandise, food, or beverages from or at a public food service 
 38 establishment as defined in s. 509.013(5), a food establishment 
 39 as defined in s. 500.03(1), or a retailer as defined in s. 
 40 212.02(13). 
 41 (36)(35) “Solid waste” means sludge unregulated under the 
 42 federal Clean Water Act or Clean Air Act, sludge from a waste 
 43 treatment works, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution 
 44 control facility, or garbage, rubbish, refuse, special waste, or 
 45 other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or 
 46 contained gaseous material resulting from domestic, industrial, 
 47 commercial, mining, agricultural, or governmental operations. 
 48 Recovered materials as defined in subsection (29) (28) and post 
 49 use polymers as defined in subsection (25) (24) are not solid 
 50 waste. 
 51 Section 2. Section 403.7033, Florida Statutes, is amended 
 52 to read: 
 53 403.7033 Regulation of auxiliary containers Departmental 
 54 analysis of particular recyclable materials.—The Legislature 
 55 finds that prudent regulation of recyclable materials is crucial 
 56 to the ongoing welfare of Florida’s ecology and economy. As 
 57 such, the Department of Environmental Protection shall review 
 58 and update its 2010 report on retail bags analyzing the need for 
 59 new or different regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, 
 60 or disposable plastic bags used by consumers to carry products 
 61 from retail establishments. The updated report must include 
 62 input from state and local government agencies, stakeholders, 
 63 private businesses, and citizens and must evaluate the efficacy 
 64 and necessity of both statewide and local regulation of these 
 65 materials. To ensure consistent and effective implementation, 
 66 the department shall submit the updated report with conclusions 
 67 and recommendations to the Legislature no later than December 
 68 31, 2021. Until such time that the Legislature adopts the 
 69 recommendations of the department, 
 70 (1) Except as provided in s. 500.90, the regulation of 
 71 auxiliary containers is expressly preempted to the state. A 
 72 local government, local governmental agency, or state 
 73 governmental agency may not enact or enforce any rule, 
 74 regulation, or ordinance regarding the use, disposition, sale, 
 75 prohibition, restriction, or tax of such auxiliary con