Florida Senate Bill 484

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Passed on May 8 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-08 - Chapter No. 2026-65
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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.

Data Centers

Senate Rules Committee	Senate Community Affairs Committee	Sen. Bryan Avila [R]	Sen. Clay Yarborough [R]
Sen. Don Gaetz [R]

2026-03-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 (Y: 31 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-11 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#809 (Y: 92 N: 16 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#30 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - Senate - Senate Rules (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - Senate - Senate Community Affairs (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - Senate - Senate Regulated Industries (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-08		Chapter No. 2026-65
2026-05-07		Approved by Governor
2026-05-06		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-13	Senate	Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2026-03-13	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6
2026-03-13	Senate	Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (383957)
2026-03-11	Senate	In returning messages
2026-03-11	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 16
2026-03-11	House	Read 3rd time
2026-03-11	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-03-11	House	Amendment 383957 adopted
2026-03-11	House	Read 2nd time
2026-03-10	House	1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
2026-03-10	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
2026-03-10	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-26	House	In Messages
2026-02-26	Senate	Immediately certified
2026-02-26	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
2026-02-26	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-02-26	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (817402)
2026-02-26	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-02-25	Senate	Retained on Special Order Calendar
2026-02-23	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
2026-02-19	Senate	CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-02-19	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-18	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-17	Senate	CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
2026-02-12	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-10	Senate	CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
2026-02-04	Senate	Now in Rules
2026-02-04	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-03	Senate	CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-29	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-21	Senate	Now in Community Affairs
2026-01-20	Senate	Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-12	Senate	Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
2026-01-09	Senate	Filed

S1118 (Related) 2026-03-13 - Died on Calendar
H1517 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
H1007 (Similar To) 2026-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 484

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
163	326		Amended Code	See Bill Text
288	075		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	043		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	203		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	239		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	262		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/e2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Amendment/781774/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Amendment/588570/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Amendment/934914/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Amendment/817402/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.pre.ri.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.ri.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.pre.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.pre.rc.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.rc.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Analyses/2026s00484.hms.ri.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Vote/2026-01-20%200930AM~S00484%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Vote/2026-02-03%200330PM~S00484%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Vote/2026-02-17%201200PM~S00484%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Vote/SenateVote_s00484c2030.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Vote/HouseVote_s00484e1809.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/Vote/SenateVote_s00484e1006.PDF