FL S0694

Authorizes Florida coastal communities with populations under 100,000 to establish pilot programs regulating or banning disposable plastic bags, creating an exception to the existing statewide preemption

Defines "coastal community" as municipalities bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, or adjacent saltwater bodies including bays, lagoons, and salt marshes

Requires pilot program ordinances to take effect after January 1, 2020 and expire by June 30, 2022, with no new taxes or fees on plastic bag use or distribution permitted

Mandates participating municipalities collect data on the regulation's effects and submit a report to their governing body at a public hearing by April 1, 2022, with a copy provided to the Department of Environmental Protection