HB 1075 Florida 2026 session
Utilities
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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
In committee — last recorded action March 9, 2026
Laid on Table
Recorded votes
Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee)
17 yes · 6 no · pass February 24, 2026
Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee)
8 yes · 3 no · pass February 12, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
Favorable (Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee)
14 yes · 1 no · pass January 28, 2026
Passage likelihood
34% Comparable to other bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Referred to committee.
- Cosponsors 3 cosponsors.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Laid on Table
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Now in Commerce Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
- Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- Filed