Florida · Senate Bill 200 · 2026 Regular Session

Utilities

  1. Introduced Oct 15, 2025
  2. In committee Nov 3, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

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

Utilities; Authorizing a county to adopt an ordinance for the decommissioning of certain solar facilities that have reached the end of their useful life; authorizing a county to require financial assurance from a solar facility owner to establish that the solar facility owner has the capability to satisfy the estimated cost of decommissioning the solar facility; requiring that improvements included in certain transmission and distribution storm protection plans have forecasted customer benefits that exceed their forecasted cost, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 12/09/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries9–0 vote
  5. CommitteeNow in Community Affairs · Senate Community Affairs
  6. SenateIntroduced
  7. CommitteeDied in Community Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1417 (Ch. 2026-2 ) · Senate Community Affairs

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Dec 9, 2025 Senate Regulated Industries Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 9–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

All 1 cosponsor

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