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FL HB 1075

in committee

Utilities

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Utilities ; Requires municipalities that operate utility services to allow other municipalities & property owners outside its municipal boundaries to connect with & use its utility services under specified conditions; prohibits municipalities that operate utility services from denying such services based on specified criteria; requires municipalities to make certain determinations; provides for appeal of such determinations; provides that municipalities are not liable for such fees & costs under certain conditions; authorizes notices for rural electrical cooperative board of trustees meetings to be delivered by electronic mail; revises notice requirements for meetings during which elections will occur; requires board of trustees, beginning on specified date, to annually prepare list of cooperative members & to make list available for certain inspection; revises quorum requirements; revises requirements for rural electrical cooperative bylaws; requires appointment of election inspectors; authorizes rural electric cooperatives to conduct elections & membership votes through electronic voting; requires electronic voting to be authorized by resolution of board of trustees; provides for cooperative members to consent to & opt out of electronic voting; provides for cooperative members to petition board of trustees to adopt electronic voting.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-09 — Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/SB 1014
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Oliverprimary
  • Siroisprimary
  • Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommitteeprimary
  • Commerce Committeeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-06

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-12

    Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

  6. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  7. 2026-01-15

    Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda

  8. 2026-01-26

    Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda

  9. 2026-01-28

    Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-01-28

    Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

  11. 2026-01-28

    Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

  12. 2026-02-10

    PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

  13. 2026-02-12

    Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-02-13

    Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

  15. 2026-02-13

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  16. 2026-02-13

    CS Filed

    filing

  17. 2026-02-16

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-02-16

    Now in Commerce Committee

  19. 2026-02-16

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  20. 2026-02-20

    Added to Commerce Committee agenda

  21. 2026-02-24

    Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-02-27

    Reported out of Commerce Committee

  23. 2026-02-27

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  24. 2026-02-27

    CS Filed

    filing

  25. 2026-03-02

    Bill referred to House Calendar

  26. 2026-03-02

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    reading-1

  27. 2026-03-02

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  28. 2026-03-09

    Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/SB 1014

    deferral

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable (Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee)

    2026-01-28 · pass · 14-1

  • Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee)

    2026-02-12 · pass · 8-3

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee)

    2026-02-24 · pass · 17-6

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1075/ByCategory

Attribution

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