SB 484 Florida 2026 session
Data Centers
Data Centers; Specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a study relating to the construction and operation of large-scale data centers, etc.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action May 8, 2026
Chapter No. 2026-65
Recorded votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
24 yes · 0 no · pass February 17, 2026
Favorable with Committee Substitute
8 yes · 0 no · pass February 3, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
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
- Chapter No. 2026-65
- Approved by Governor
- Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6
- Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (383957)
- In returning messages
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 16
- Read 3rd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Amendment 383957 adopted
- Read 2nd time
- 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- In Messages
- Immediately certified
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (817402)
- Read 2nd time
- Retained on Special Order Calendar
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
- CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- Now in Rules
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Now in Community Affairs
- Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- Introduced
- Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
- Filed