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| Bill | Utility Relocation | Utility Relocation; Requiring that a specified amount of communications services tax remittances be distributed by the Department of Revenue by a nonoperating transfer to the Department of Commerce in monthly installments to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Commerce for the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program; revising the percentage by which a certain amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund must be reduced, beginning on a certain date; authorizing a service provider to apply to the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program for reimbursement of relocation expenses; creating the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the program; requiring the Department of Revenue to deposit certain proceeds into a specified trust fund to fund the program beginning on a certain date; providing an appropriation, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | HB 703 | Florida HB 703 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-122 |
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4 | 38 | 2 | 2025-02-18 | 2025-06-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/3b4774c3-2c82-451b-aadf-c7da6152a0ca | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/703/ByCategory | fc10cfa9fa77fe80f1f7f2a4d4052bad1832f779faf951670cf9a64f84a232bd | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 703 (2025) — Utility Relocation
Utility Relocation; Requiring that a specified amount of communications services tax remittances be distributed by the Department of Revenue by a nonoperating transfer to the Department of Commerce in monthly installments to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Commerce for the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program; revising the percentage by which a certain amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund must be reduced, beginning on a certain date; authorizing a service provider to apply to the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program for reimbursement of relocation expenses; creating the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the program; requiring the Department of Revenue to deposit certain proceeds into a specified trust fund to fund the program beginning on a certain date; providing an appropriation, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-122.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 703 Filed (filed) — source
- H 703 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 703 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 703 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 106–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Robinson, W. — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-18 Filed
filing - 2025-02-26 Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2025-03-10 Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-03-12 Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-13 Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- 2025-03-13 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2025-04-03 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2025-04-07 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-08 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2025-04-08 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-04-08 CS Filed
filing - 2025-04-08 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2025-04-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2025-04-09 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-22 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
- 2025-04-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-25 Amendment 499299 adopted
- 2025-04-25 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-04-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-25 CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-25 In Messages
- 2025-04-28 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2025-04-28 Received
enrolled - 2025-04-30 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2025-04-30 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2025-04-30 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 818
- 2025-04-30 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-30 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-30 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-30 In Messages
- 2025-04-30 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2025-06-04 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-06-05 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-06-06 Chapter No. 2025-122
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b4774c3-2c82-451b-aadf-c7da6152a0ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).