Florida Statute §403.7033 covers all single-use auxiliary containers including plastic straws. A 2019 attempt to restrict the preemption with HB 771 was vetoed by Governor DeSantis, leaving the local-ban prohibition intact.
Florida's auxiliary-container preemption under FL §403.7033 captures plastic straws, stirrers, and similar single-use items along with bags and food packaging. Several Florida coastal cities (St. Petersburg, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel) passed plastic straw ordinances before 2019. In 2019 the legislature passed HB 771, a five-year moratorium that would have allowed those existing local ordinances to remain while preempting new ones. Governor DeSantis vetoed HB 771 in May 2019, citing preference for innovation over regulation. The veto means Tampa and other Florida cities cannot adopt plastic straw bans. Tampa restaurants may voluntarily switch to paper, compostable, or 'on-request' straw policies, and many in Hyde Park and downtown have done so.
Tampa cannot enforce a plastic straw ordinance. State litter laws (FL §403.413) apply to improper disposal in waterways and parks.
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