Former Phosphate Mining Lands (HB 167)
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2026
This bill lets landowners label property as former phosphate mines in county records. The health department must check these sites for gamma radiation when owners ask and share results. People who sue over mining pollution must include a certified radiation survey with their lawsuit. If the issue is a natural substance on a recorded former mine that has been surveyed, owners can use that as a defense. This adds transparency, sets proof rules, and may limit some claims.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want clearer notice of former phosphate mines, state-run radiation surveys on request, and stricter proof requirements and defenses that reduce lawsuits against landowners.
Organizations that support this bill may include property owners and developers on former mine lands, phosphate and mining industry groups, real estate associations, and local chambers of commerce that favor clearer liability rules and standardized radiation testing.
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Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid adding hurdles to pollution lawsuits, prevent new liability shields for former mine sites, and push for stronger protections and remediation instead.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and public health advocates, community groups in mining regions, and trial lawyer associations concerned that new defenses and filing requirements could limit residents’ ability to sue over contamination.
