Florida · Senate Bill 818 · 2025 Regular Session

Utility Relocation

SB 818 Sponsored by Stan McClain Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 18, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 28, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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…

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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; specifying that a county or municipal authority is not responsible for paying the expense properly attributable to such work except as otherwise provided; creating the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the program, etc. Appropriation: $50,000,000.

Every action

26 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 18 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Transportation; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries8–0 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Transportation · Senate Transportation
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Transportation, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Transportation
  8. CommitteeCS by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 · Senate Transportation8–1 vote
  9. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  10. CommitteeCS by Transportation read 1st time · Senate Transportation
  11. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules23–0 vote
  14. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  15. SenateRemaining references corrected to Appropriations
  16. CommitteeNow in Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
  17. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations
  18. SenateCS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
  1. CommitteeCS/CS by Rules read 1st time · Senate Rules
  2. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  3. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4. SenateCS/CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 862
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/HB 703 -SJ 862
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 703 (Ch. 2025-122) -SJ 862

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 25, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0
Apr 1, 2025 Senate committee CS by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 Passed 8–1
Apr 16, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 Passed 23–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Stan McClainR Primary sponsor · District 9
  • A Appropriations Sponsoring committee
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • T Transportation Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.