--- type: "Bill" title: "Utility Services" description: "Utility Services; Requiring that certain public meetings be held as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of a new or extended agreement under which a municipality will provide specified utility services in other municipalities or unincorporated areas; requiring municipalities that provide specified utility services to report certain information by a specified date, and annually thereafter, to the Florida Public Service Commission; requiring the commission to compile such information and submit a report by a specified date, and annually thereafter, to the Governor and the Legislature; preempting to the state the subject of a regional utilities authority, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 1451" citation: "Florida HB 1451 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-135" primary_sponsors: ["Busatta"] version_count: 5 action_count: 57 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2026-01-09" last_action: "2026-06-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cff629-a24e-4fc6-8277-ecf808161786" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1451/ByCategory" source_hash: "566f5d1a6f6cf3c9e2298347aadf14d012e2ac6df83e956a2177f7ea15e1d16e" 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 1451 (2026) — Utility Services Utility Services; Requiring that certain public meetings be held as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of a new or extended agreement under which a municipality will provide specified utility services in other municipalities or unincorporated areas; requiring municipalities that provide specified utility services to report certain information by a specified date, and annually thereafter, to the Florida Public Service Commission; requiring the commission to compile such information and submit a report by a specified date, and annually thereafter, to the Governor and the Legislature; preempting to the state the subject of a regional utilities authority, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-135. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1451 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1451/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1451 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1451/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1451 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1451/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 1451 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1451/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 1451 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1451/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **29–6** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **81–26** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **12–3** (pass) · lower - CS/CS/HB 1451 — **79–24** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **21–3** (pass) · lower - Returning Messages — **30–6** (pass) · upper - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Busatta — primary (person) - Commerce Committee — primary (organization) - Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-09** Filed `filing` - **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-01-15** Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-15** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-15** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-15** Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee - **2026-02-02** Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda - **2026-02-04** Favorable with CS by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-04** Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee - **2026-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-04** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2026-02-06** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2026-02-06** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-02-06** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2026-02-10** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda - **2026-02-12** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-12** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2026-02-12** Now in Commerce Committee - **2026-02-20** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2026-02-24** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-25** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2026-02-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-25** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-25** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-02-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-02-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026) - **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-03** Amendment 856341 Failed - **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 26 `passage` - **2026-03-03** In Messages - **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled` - **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1724 - **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-11** Amendment(s) adopted (253600) - **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 6 `passage` - **2026-03-11** In Messages - **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List - **2026-03-12** Amendment 451889 adopted - **2026-03-12** Amendment 857587 Failed - **2026-03-12** Concurred in Senate amendment 253600 as amended - **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 79, NAYS 24 `passage` - **2026-03-12** In returning messages - **2026-03-13** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (451889) - **2026-03-13** CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 6 `passage` - **2026-03-13** In Messages - **2026-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-135 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6cff629-a24e-4fc6-8277-ecf808161786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).