---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991"
description: "Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991; Revising the powers and duties of the Florida Public Service Commission in overseeing the administration of the telecommunications access system; revising the duties of the system’s administrator; revising the procedures required for the distribution of specialized telecommunications devices; revising the composition of the advisory committee appointed to assist the commission with implementing the act, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Florida SB 344 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-148"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/446151ed-f83b-4e2c-bca7-c32123b857cc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/344/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cd461e9086ef13889f6a371d9b3c43b9fa886feb72a7379fde2ddcd7a6a7a5ac"
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 344 (2025) — Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991

Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991; Revising the powers and duties of the Florida Public Service Commission in overseeing the administration of the telecommunications access system; revising the duties of the system’s administrator; revising the procedures required for the distribution of specialized telecommunications devices; revising the composition of the advisory committee appointed to assist the commission with implementing the act, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-148.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 344 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/344/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 344 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/344/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 344 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/344/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 344 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/344/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Regulated Industries — primary (organization)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Berman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/18/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-02-18** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2025-02-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-02-21** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
- **2025-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2025-03-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-03-20** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2025-03-26** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2025-03-28** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2025-04-02** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-23** Chapter No. 2025-148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/446151ed-f83b-4e2c-bca7-c32123b857cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).