---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utility Storm Protection Plans"
description: "Public Utility Storm Protection Plans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 796"
citation: "Florida SB 796 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-158"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f64134c-6e7a-457e-81cc-0c156505b9d6"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6ca7a9768400fa839e636cfbbcfd41322cd692030f1a7b09bc266a5d5c19848f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 796 (2019) — Public Utility Storm Protection Plans

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-158.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 796 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 796 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 796 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 796 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/BillText/c3/HTML)
5. **S 796 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/BillText/e1/HTML)
6. **S 796 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/796/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- CS/CS/CS/SB 796 — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 03/06/19, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-07** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-03-08** Now in Infrastructure and Security
- **2019-03-13** CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology read 1st time
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 03/20/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-20** CS/CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-03-25** Now in Appropriations
- **2019-03-26** CS/CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/11/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-11** CS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-15** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/19
- **2019-04-29** Received
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (690185)
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (690185)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Chapter No. 2019-158

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f64134c-6e7a-457e-81cc-0c156505b9d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).