---
type: "Bill"
title: "Broadband"
description: "Broadband; Extends expiration date of certain promotional rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "Florida HB 1147 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-98"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomkow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ab2725-a864-4666-b181-8b51769f750d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1147/ByCategory"
source_hash: "77576436e7e8fb0e0ee5bf91b9234c649b0bc38d4a7298ce87eca54b41bcf505"
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 1147 (2024) — Broadband

Broadband; Extends expiration date of certain promotional rate.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-98.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1147 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1147/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1147 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1147/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tomkow — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable by Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-01-31** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-22** Substituted for SB 1218
- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-02-22** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-16** Chapter No. 2024-98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ab2725-a864-4666-b181-8b51769f750d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).