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type: "Bill"
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title: "Data Centers"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 484"
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citation: "Florida SB 484 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["railroads and other regulated utilities", "reclamation", "and use", "relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-65"
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primary_sponsors: ["Avila"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f530c44-19ee-4345-bc25-a13870dd271d"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "c94280b088e59e5add18b4451dd64d1aeeb1196499356d55eea79cdfaba05314"
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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 484 (2026) — Data Centers
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-65.
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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 484 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 484 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 484 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 484 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 484 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/e2/HTML)
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6. **S 484 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/484/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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- Returning Messages — **31–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **92–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Avila — primary (person)
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- Community Affairs — primary (organization)
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- Rules — primary (organization)
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- Gaetz — cosponsor (person)
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- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2026-01-20** Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-21** Now in Community Affairs
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- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2026-02-03** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2026-02-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-02-04** Now in Rules
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- **2026-02-10** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
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- **2026-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2026-02-17** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
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- **2026-02-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-19** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
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- **2026-02-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
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- **2026-02-25** Retained on Special Order Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Amendment(s) adopted (817402)
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- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
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- **2026-02-26** In Messages
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- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
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- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Amendment 383957 adopted
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- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 16 `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** In returning messages
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- **2026-03-13** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (383957)
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- **2026-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6 `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-08** Chapter No. 2026-65
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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/1f530c44-19ee-4345-bc25-a13870dd271d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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