---
type: "Bill"
title: "Broadband Internet Service Providers"
description: "Broadband Internet Service Providers; Specifies that poles of rural electric cooperatives that are engaged in provision of broadband are subject to regulation by PSC; authorizes PSC to access books & records of such cooperatives for specified purposes; provides that such information that contains proprietary confidential business information retains its confidential or exempt status when held by PSC; authorizes rural electric cooperatives to engage in provision of broadband."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "Florida HB 1221 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities", "social welfare"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-199"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomkow"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23d62c3a-23b6-443a-b961-755bae0d46e6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1221/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5467be75faf83796d0330df23d22a8e4c8568b8221cc2aec5c3cb0b0149a8b11"
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 1221 (2023) — Broadband Internet Service Providers

Broadband Internet Service Providers; Specifies that poles of rural electric cooperatives that are engaged in provision of broadband are subject to regulation by PSC; authorizes PSC to access books & records of such cooperatives for specified purposes; provides that such information that contains proprietary confidential business information retains its confidential or exempt status when held by PSC; authorizes rural electric cooperatives to engage in provision of broadband.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-199.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1221 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1221/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1221 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1221/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1221 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1221/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tomkow — primary (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Added to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-10** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** In Messages
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 626
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Chapter No. 2023-199

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23d62c3a-23b6-443a-b961-755bae0d46e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).