---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Service Restrictions"
description: "Utility Service Restrictions ; Prohibits rural electric cooperatives, boards, agencies, commissions, & any authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision from restricting or prohibiting fuel sources & appliances used to provide energy to consumers; revises retroactive applicability; prohibits Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal from restricting or prohibiting installation of certain materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Florida HB 1137 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)", "railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-42"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c834ecb-1e67-4b5b-8189-216367cd75e6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1137/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b8d190f20797c69beb07fcf0afef3442bfbf1a6b8b55bf3f636bc1385aaa1815"
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 1137 (2025) — Utility Service Restrictions

Utility Service Restrictions ; Prohibits rural electric cooperatives, boards, agencies, commissions, & any authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision from restricting or prohibiting fuel sources & appliances used to provide energy to consumers; revises retroactive applicability; prohibits Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal from restricting or prohibiting installation of certain materials.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-42.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1137 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1137/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1137 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1137/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1137 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1137/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Shoaf — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2025-03-10** Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2025-03-13** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-28** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-01** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-04-01** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-11** PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2025-04-15** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-16** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
- **2025-04-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 1002
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c834ecb-1e67-4b5b-8189-216367cd75e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).