Florida House Bill 771 (2019) suspended local plastic straw bans through July 1, 2024 pending DEP study. Although the moratorium has technically expired, FL §403.7033 still preempts local auxiliary-container regulation, leaving straw bans on uncertain legal ground.
HB 771 in 2019 ordered the Department of Environmental Protection to study plastic straw use and prohibited municipalities from enforcing or adopting local straw bans through July 1, 2024. The study was never completed in a way that triggered legislative action. Although the explicit moratorium has lapsed, FL §403.7033 separately preempts regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, or bags, language the Attorney General has applied to straws. Orlando has no local plastic-straw ordinance. Many downtown restaurants and theme parks voluntarily switched to paper or upon-request straws after federal sea-turtle conservation campaigns, but the practice remains voluntary, not mandatory under city law.
Orlando has no enforceable plastic straw rule. Voluntary upon-request policies are encouraged but not mandated, and any future local ban would face state preemption challenge.
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