2025 Legislative Session

The bad trash bill is headed back to the House Floor - We need you to contact your representative TODAY and urge them to protect local single-use container regulations and keep trash out of our waterways. We're asking our representatives to refuse to concur to the Senate’s amendment to HB 1609, which now includes the bad plastic preemption language from SB 1822/HB 565.

The house version of the plastic preemption bill, HB 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers, was stalled in the house - HB 565 was temporarily postponed by Representative Blanco and Chair Rizzo in its second committee stop back on April 1. Thanks to their courage and good sense, HB 565 was never heard again in any committee, a clear sign that the sponsor and House leadership understand that this is bad public policy that is bad for Floridians.

Now, the senate is trying to sneak the plastic preemption language across the finish line by adding it to a bill exclusively dealing with a local fight in Miami-Dade County over where to locate a waste incineration plant - HB 1609: Waste Incineration by Rep. Weinberger.

If you have already emailed or called your senator on HB 1609, now we need you to contact your representative and ask them to refuse to concur to the Senate's amendment or amend the bill to remove the plastic preemption language.

HB 1609 would remove more than a dozen local regulations across the state without providing another solution to regulate trash and plastic pollution. This is a very bad bill that jeopardizes Florida’s waterways.

Plastic pollution impacts Florida’s waters, harms wildlife, and contaminates our drinking water supply. HB 1609 is in direct contradiction to two state-funded studies about regulating trash and, if passed, it will result in more trash ending up in our local waterways. Our legislators need to hear from you about why this bill is dangerous for local economies, our communities and businesses, and the environment.

Be sure to personalize the email message and add your own subject line like “Stop Plastic Preemption” or “Save Local Trash Regulations”

The bad trash bill is headed back to the House Floor - We need you to contact your representative TODAY and urge them to protect local single-use container regulations and keep trash out of our waterways. We're asking our representatives to refuse to concur to the Senate’s amendment to HB 1609, which now includes the bad plastic preemption language from SB 1822/HB 565.

The house version of the plastic preemption bill, HB 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers, was stalled in the house - HB 565 was temporarily postponed by Representative Blanco and Chair Rizzo in its second committee stop back on April 1. Thanks to their courage and good sense, HB 565 was never heard again in any committee, a clear sign that the sponsor and House leadership understand that this is bad public policy that is bad for Floridians.

Now, the senate is trying to sneak the plastic preemption language across the finish line by adding it to a bill exclusively dealing with a local fight in Miami-Dade County over where to locate a waste incineration plant - HB 1609: Waste Incineration by Rep. Weinberger.

If you have already emailed or called your senator on HB 1609, now we need you to contact your representative and ask them to refuse to concur to the Senate's amendment or amend the bill to remove the plastic preemption language.

HB 1609 would remove more than a dozen local regulations across the state without providing another solution to regulate trash and plastic pollution. This is a very bad bill that jeopardizes Florida’s waterways.

Plastic pollution impacts Florida’s waters, harms wildlife, and contaminates our drinking water supply. HB 1609 is in direct contradiction to two state-funded studies about regulating trash and, if passed, it will result in more trash ending up in our local waterways. Our legislators need to hear from you about why this bill is dangerous for local economies, our communities and businesses, and the environment.

Be sure to personalize the email message and add your own subject line like “Stop Plastic Preemption” or “Save Local Trash Regulations”

STOP TRASH SNEAK ATTACK - Representatives, reject the Senate amendment to HB 1609

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You represent my district in the Florida House. Please do not concur with the Senate amendment to HB 1609 that would strip local governments of long-standing and effective regulations to keep trash out of our parks, beaches, and rivers. Removing common-sense local rules that protect our children and environment, like prohibiting glass bottles at public pools and playgrounds, banning single-use containers at access points to Outstanding Florida Springs, and regulating styrofoam near our most popular beaches, without providing any statewide solution, is bad for Florida and contradicts the findings of two Florida Department of Environmental Protection reports mandated and funded by the Legislature in 2008 and 2021.

Throughout the 2025 Legislative Session the Florida House has been the leader in protecting Florida’s environment. From preventing exploratory oil drilling in Apalachicola Bay to preserving Florida’s state parks, the House has voted unanimously to prioritize the protection of critical areas of our State, understanding that Florida cannot have a thriving economy and high quality of life without conserving the best of natural Florida.

You deserve credit for not only what you have done, but what you have chosen not to do. Your courage and good sense have halted the most egregious bills that would jeopardize our waters, communities, and natural lands. One such bill is HB 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers, which was temporarily postponed by sponsor Rep. Blanco and Chair Rizzo in the Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee on April 1st and never heard again in the House. Now the Senate is trying to force the passage of this terrible public policy, already rejected by the House, by adding it to HB 1609 - a totally unrelated bill addressing the location of a waste incineration plant in Miami-Dade County.

Please stand by your convictions and the people of Florida and do not concur with the Senate amendment to HB 1609 when HB 1609 is considered on the House Floor.

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