Legislation· Jun 2026Sponsored by Daniel Webster (R)
Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025
Bans shark feeding in federal waters off Florida except for research and harvesting.
Tradeoff
Prohibits shark feeding to attract them in federal waters off Florida, with exceptions for federally funded research and safe feeding that poses no public health risk.
What's in it
Negligible federal cost (between -$500,000 and $500,000) over the 2026-2036 period.
The $0-500K federal cost is just the cost to enforce the shark-feeding prohibition — the policy's real impact is on shark feeding tour operators in federal waters off Florida who lose revenue from that activity.
Passed the House by on June 2, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jun 6, 2025)
House
Committee on Natural Resources(Jun 6, 2025)
House
The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Mar 5, 2026)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-658.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Jun 2, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jun 3, 2026)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL)
- Mike Haridopolos (R-FL)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)