republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2020/hb-969.md

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Bill	Broadband Internet Service	Broadband Internet Service; Authorizes certain funds within State Transportation Trust Fund to be used for certain broadband infrastructure projects within or adjacent to multiuse corridors; requires DOT to give priority to certain projects; designates DEO as lead state agency to facilitate expansion of broadband Internet service; requires DEO to work with certain entities; creates Florida Office of Broadband in DEO; provides purpose & duties of office.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 969	Florida HB 969 (2020)	bill	public transportation railroads and other regulated utilities	enacted	2020-26	Drake	3	32	5	2019-12-16	2020-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/fe607468-2090-4952-b150-0a2fe549f2b8	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/969/ByCategory	6afbc191ad4bdac97586320f142e2bcd671aa4d088593a4e85625ec2fad1fbc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 969 (2020) — Broadband Internet Service

Broadband Internet Service; Authorizes certain funds within State Transportation Trust Fund to be used for certain broadband infrastructure projects within or adjacent to multiuse corridors; requires DOT to give priority to certain projects; designates DEO as lead state agency to facilitate expansion of broadband Internet service; requires DEO to work with certain entities; creates Florida Office of Broadband in DEO; provides purpose & duties of office.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-26.

Version chain

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

1. H 969 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 969 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 969 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Energy & Utilities Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Drake — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-16 Filed filing
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-16 On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
• 2020-01-21 Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-21 Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2020-01-30 On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, Reed Hall
• 2020-02-03 CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-04 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-04 CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2020-02-05 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2020-02-11 On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
• 2020-02-13 Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
• 2020-02-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-03 In Messages
• 2020-03-04 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-04 Received
• 2020-03-05 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
• 2020-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-05 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1166
• 2020-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-06 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-06 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-05-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-09 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-10 Chapter No. 2020-26

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe607468-2090-4952-b150-0a2fe549f2b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).