---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Relocation"
description: "Utility Relocation; Requiring that a specified amount of communications services tax remittances be distributed by the Department of Revenue by a nonoperating transfer to the Department of Commerce in monthly installments to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Commerce for the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program; revising the percentage by which a certain amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund must be reduced, beginning on a certain date; authorizing a service provider to apply to the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program for reimbursement of relocation expenses; creating the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the program; requiring the Department of Revenue to deposit certain proceeds into a specified trust fund to fund the program beginning on a certain date; providing an appropriation, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 703"
citation: "Florida HB 703 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-122"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson, W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b4774c3-2c82-451b-aadf-c7da6152a0ca"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/703/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fc10cfa9fa77fe80f1f7f2a4d4052bad1832f779faf951670cf9a64f84a232bd"
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 703 (2025) — Utility Relocation

Utility Relocation; Requiring that a specified amount of communications services tax remittances be distributed by the Department of Revenue by a nonoperating transfer to the Department of Commerce in monthly installments to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Commerce for the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program; revising the percentage by which a certain amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund must be reduced, beginning on a certain date; authorizing a service provider to apply to the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program for reimbursement of relocation expenses; creating the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the program; requiring the Department of Revenue to deposit certain proceeds into a specified trust fund to fund the program beginning on a certain date; providing an appropriation, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-122.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 703 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/703/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 703 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/703/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 703 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/703/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 703 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/703/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Robinson, W. — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **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 Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-03** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Amendment 499299 adopted
- **2025-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-25** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-30** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 818
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** In Messages
- **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Chapter No. 2025-122

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b4774c3-2c82-451b-aadf-c7da6152a0ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).