---
type: "Bill"
title: "Broadband Internet Service"
description: "Broadband Internet Service; Authorizes certain funds within State Transportation Trust Fund to be used for certain broadband infrastructure projects within or adjacent to multiuse corridors; requires DOT to give priority to certain projects; designates DEO as lead state agency to facilitate expansion of broadband Internet service; requires DEO to work with certain entities; creates Florida Office of Broadband in DEO; provides purpose & duties of office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 969"
citation: "Florida HB 969 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public transportation", "railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-26"
primary_sponsors: ["Drake"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-16"
last_action: "2020-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe607468-2090-4952-b150-0a2fe549f2b8"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/969/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6afbc191ad4bdac97586320f142e2bcd671aa4d088593a4e85625ec2fad1fbc6"
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 HB 969 (2020) — Broadband Internet Service

Broadband Internet Service; Authorizes certain funds within State Transportation Trust Fund to be used for certain broadband infrastructure projects within or adjacent to multiuse corridors; requires DOT to give priority to certain projects; designates DEO as lead state agency to facilitate expansion of broadband Internet service; requires DEO to work with certain entities; creates Florida Office of Broadband in DEO; provides purpose & duties of office.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-26.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 969 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/969/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 969 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/969/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 969 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/969/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Energy & Utilities Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Drake — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-16** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-01-21** Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2020-02-03** CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-04** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-04** CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-05** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2020-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-13** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-04** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Received
- **2020-03-05** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1166
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-10** Chapter No. 2020-26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe607468-2090-4952-b150-0a2fe549f2b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).