---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lifeline Telecommunications Service"
description: "Lifeline Telecommunications Service; Requiring a Lifeline service subscriber to present proof of continued eligibility to certain entities upon request; deleting provisions authorizing certain local exchange telecommunications companies and commercial mobile radio service providers to provide Lifeline service to customers who meet certain income requirements; revising the entities required to cooperate in the development of procedures for promoting the Lifeline service; authorizing certain participant information to be exchanged with the Federal Communications Commission or its designee, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 7036"
citation: "Florida SB 7036 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-80"
primary_sponsors: ["Regulated Industries"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1026e38-a538-4e4f-94cd-735dce2f4382"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7036/ByCategory"
source_hash: "28bf37f609f15e1cd952ddfb3b7677491d1043c66bb8f8ae4803e09fae32da10"
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 7036 (2022) — Lifeline Telecommunications Service

Lifeline Telecommunications Service; Requiring a Lifeline service subscriber to present proof of continued eligibility to certain entities upon request; deleting provisions authorizing certain local exchange telecommunications companies and commercial mobile radio service providers to provide Lifeline service to customers who meet certain income requirements; revising the entities required to cooperate in the development of procedures for promoting the Lifeline service; authorizing certain participant information to be exchanged with the Federal Communications Commission or its designee, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-80.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7036 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7036/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7036 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7036/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7036 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7036/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regulated Industries — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Submitted for consideration by Regulated Industries
- **2022-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/18/22, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-18** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2022-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-03** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-07** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/10/22
- **2022-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-10** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for HB 789
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-28** Chapter No. 2022-80

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1026e38-a538-4e4f-94cd-735dce2f4382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).