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CS/CS/CS/SB 288: Utilities Regulation

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities ; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities ; Latvala

Utilities Regulation; Requiring the Florida Public Service Commission to hold public customer service meetings in certain service territories; requiring a person who lobbies a member of the Florida Public Service Commission Nominating Council to register as a lobbyist; requiring the Governor to remove from office any commissioner found to have willfully and knowingly violated the ex parte communications statute; requiring that money received by a utility for the development of demand-side renewable energy systems be used solely for that purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $74,170

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
 Last Action: 4/23/2015 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7109 (Ch. 2015-129) -SJ 589
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
  2. Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/8/2015 Senate • Filed
1/15/2015 Senate • Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Appropriations -SJ 50
2/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 02/17/15, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
2/17/2015 Senate • CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
2/19/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/20/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 159
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 50
• CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 152
4/1/2015 Senate • Original reference(s)- removed: Appropriations -SJ 315
• Remaining references corrected to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Appropriations -SJ 315
• Now in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
4/2/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 04/07/15, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
4/7/2015 Senate • CS/CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 372
4/8/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 373
4/9/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 372
4/13/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/16/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/16/2015 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 425
4/20/2015 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 425
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/15
4/21/2015 Senate • CS/CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 427
4/23/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 589
• Substituted CS/HB 7109 -SJ 589
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7109 (Ch. 2015-129) -SJ 589