--- type: "Bill" title: "Data Centers" description: "Data Centers; Specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a study relating to the construction and operation of large-scale data centers, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 484" citation: "Florida SB 484 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities", "reclamation", "and use", "relations"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-65" primary_sponsors: ["Avila"] version_count: 6 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2026-01-09" last_action: "2026-05-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f530c44-19ee-4345-bc25-a13870dd271d" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/ByCategory" source_hash: "c94280b088e59e5add18b4451dd64d1aeeb1196499356d55eea79cdfaba05314" 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 484 (2026) — Data Centers Data Centers; Specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a study relating to the construction and operation of large-scale data centers, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-65. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 484 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 484 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 484 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 484 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 484 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/e2/HTML) 6. **S 484 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **24–0** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **31–6** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **92–16** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Avila — primary (person) - Community Affairs — primary (organization) - Rules — primary (organization) - Gaetz — cosponsor (person) - Yarborough — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-09** Filed `filing` - **2026-01-12** Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction` - **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building - **2026-01-20** Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-21** Now in Community Affairs - **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building - **2026-02-03** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2026-02-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-04** Now in Rules - **2026-02-10** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time - **2026-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-17** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 - **2026-02-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-02-19** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2026-02-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26 - **2026-02-25** Retained on Special Order Calendar - **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-02-26** Amendment(s) adopted (817402) - **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-02-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-02-26** Immediately certified - **2026-02-26** In Messages - **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) - **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-11** Amendment 383957 adopted - **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 16 `passage` - **2026-03-11** In returning messages - **2026-03-13** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (383957) - **2026-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6 `passage` - **2026-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-05-08** Chapter No. 2026-65 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).