---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers"
description: "Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers; Revising the definition of the term “eligible telecommunications carrier”; authorizing the Public Service Commission to designate certain entities as eligible telecommunications carriers for a specified purpose, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Florida SB 478 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-88"
primary_sponsors: ["Regulated Industries", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-11-15"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001a3f97-3084-42ef-b6c6-fa8195dfc59f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a93d9ed95c21db84f477dfae4cb536e2703675bfa9fc1697156f34cf168bb370"
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 478 (2024) — Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers

Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers; Revising the definition of the term “eligible telecommunications carrier”; authorizing the Public Service Commission to designate certain entities as eligible telecommunications carriers for a specified purpose, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-88.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 478 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 478 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 478 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regulated Industries — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-28** Referred to Regulated Industries; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 12/13/23, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-12-13** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
- **2023-12-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-12-14** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-09** CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/16/24, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2024-01-16** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Rules
- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/24/24, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
- **2024-02-01** Retained on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** 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. 2024-88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001a3f97-3084-42ef-b6c6-fa8195dfc59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).