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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers"
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description: "Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers; Revising the definition of the term “eligible telecommunications carrier”; authorizing the Public Service Commission to designate certain entities as eligible telecommunications carriers for a specified purpose, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 478"
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citation: "Florida SB 478 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-88"
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primary_sponsors: ["Regulated Industries", "Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-11-15"
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last_action: "2024-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001a3f97-3084-42ef-b6c6-fa8195dfc59f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "a93d9ed95c21db84f477dfae4cb536e2703675bfa9fc1697156f34cf168bb370"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 478 (2024) — Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers
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Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers; Revising the definition of the term “eligible telecommunications carrier”; authorizing the Public Service Commission to designate certain entities as eligible telecommunications carriers for a specified purpose, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-88.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 478 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 478 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 478 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/478/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Regulated Industries — primary (person)
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- Rodriguez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-11-28** Referred to Regulated Industries; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 12/13/23, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Building
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- **2023-12-13** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
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- **2023-12-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-12-14** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
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- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/16/24, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2024-01-16** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-16** Now in Rules
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- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/24/24, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2024-01-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
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- **2024-02-01** Retained on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
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- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
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- **2024-02-21** In Messages
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- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
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- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-16** Chapter No. 2024-88
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001a3f97-3084-42ef-b6c6-fa8195dfc59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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