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| Bill | Utility and Communications Poles | Utility and Communications Poles; Exempting certain rules adopted by the Public Service Commission from legislative ratification requirements; requiring the commission to regulate and enforce rates, charges, terms, and conditions for pole attachments under certain circumstances; providing situations under which a pole owner may deny access to the owner’s pole on a nondiscriminatory basis; requiring the commission to hear and resolve complaints concerning rates, charges, terms, conditions, voluntary agreements, and denial of access relative to pole attachments, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | SB 1944 | Florida SB 1944 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-191 |
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4 | 34 | 5 | 2021-03-01 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/d9b0e6e6-9647-496a-a874-15bfe25eff06 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1944/ByCategory | 31caf82fa36ab0c8a60ce483c3e0b43e0907eeb0514eebae5f597c853658e1e4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 1944 (2021) — Utility and Communications Poles
Utility and Communications Poles; Exempting certain rules adopted by the Public Service Commission from legislative ratification requirements; requiring the commission to regulate and enforce rates, charges, terms, and conditions for pole attachments under certain circumstances; providing situations under which a pole owner may deny access to the owner’s pole on a nondiscriminatory basis; requiring the commission to hear and resolve complaints concerning rates, charges, terms, conditions, voluntary agreements, and denial of access relative to pole attachments, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-191.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 1944 Filed (filed) — source
- S 1944 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 1944 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 1944 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable — 8–1 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 15–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–3 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 37–2 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 6–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Albritton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-03-01 Filed
filing - 2021-03-04 Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-03-10 Introduced
introduction - 2021-03-11 On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/16/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-03-16 Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-17 Now in Community Affairs
- 2021-03-25 On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2021-03-30 Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 1
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-31 Now in Appropriations
- 2021-04-14 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-04-19 CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 15 NAYS 4
- 2021-04-20 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2021-04-20 CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-21 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-22 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) adopted (757712)
- 2021-04-26 CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 2
passage - 2021-04-26 In Messages
- 2021-04-26 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- 2021-04-26 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- 2021-04-27 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-27 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-28 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 3
passage - 2021-04-28 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-04-28 Message sent to senate
- 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-191
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9b0e6e6-9647-496a-a874-15bfe25eff06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).