Senate Bill 1592 (2021) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 1592: Broadband Internet Infrastructure

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Finance and Tax ; Burgess ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Diaz ; Albritton

Broadband Internet Infrastructure; Creating the "Florida Broadband Deployment Act of 2021"; requiring municipal electric utilities to provide a specified promotional rate to broadband providers for wireline attachments made in unserved or underserved areas within the utility’s service area; requiring municipal electric utilities to provide certain information regarding connections made available to broadband providers to the Office of Broadband within the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring the local technology planning teams within the office to provide support to rural communities regarding broadband service availability; requiring wireline attachments to comply with certain safety and engineering standards, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/27/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1239 (Ch. 2021-24) -SJ 728
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Regulated Industries (RI)
Finance and Tax (FT)
Appropriations (AP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/24/2021	Senate	• Filed
3/2/2021	Senate	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 151 • Introduced -SJ 151
3/4/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/09/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/9/2021	Senate	• Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 190 • Now in Finance and Tax
3/26/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 03/31/21, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
3/31/2021	Senate	• CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 342
4/1/2021	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time -SJ 352
4/2/2021	Senate	• Now in Appropriations
4/14/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/19/2021	Senate	• CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 -SJ 642
4/22/2021	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 646
4/23/2021	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/26/2021	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/21 -SJ 745
4/27/2021	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 728 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1239 -SJ 728 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1239 (Ch. 2021-24) -SJ 728

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CS/CS/SB 1592, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/22/2021 at 8:08 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/22/2021 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1239 (er)	Broadband Internet Infrastructure	Commerce Committee	Compare	Last Action: 5/11/2021 Chapter No. 2021-24

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
364.0137		Page 2 (pdf)

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CS/SB 1592, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/1/2021 at 10:48 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/22/2021 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1239 (c2)	Broadband Internet Infrastructure	Commerce Committee	Compare	Last Action: 5/11/2021 Chapter No. 2021-24

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
509904 - Amendment Delete lines 132 - 311 and insert:	Appropriations (Burgess)	4/16/2021 10:18 AM	Withdrawn 4/19/2021	Web Page PDF
430276 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations (Burgess)	4/19/2021 8:15 AM (Late Filed)	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/20/2021	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/19/2021 10:00 AM	Appropriations	20 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
212.08	Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions.	Page 3 (pdf)
364.0137		Page 7 (pdf)

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SB 1592, Original Filed Version Posted 2/24/2021 at 9:51 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 3/8/2021 (pdf) Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/9/2021 (pdf) Finance and Tax (Pre-Meeting) 3/29/2021 (pdf) Finance and Tax (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2021 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1239	Broadband Internet Infrastructure	Commerce Committee	Similar	Last Action: 5/11/2021 Chapter No. 2021-24

Committee Amendments (3)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
803062 - Amendment Delete lines 97 - 124 and insert:	Finance and Tax (Burgess)	3/30/2021 10:08 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/1/2021	Web Page PDF
129940 - Amendment Delete lines 141 - 279 and insert:	Finance and Tax (Burgess)	3/30/2021 10:08 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/1/2021	Web Page PDF
404422 - Amendment Between lines 279 and 280 insert:	Finance and Tax (Burgess)	3/30/2021 10:09 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/1/2021	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (2)

Date	Committee	Result
3/9/2021 9:00 AM	Regulated Industries	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
3/31/2021 11:00 AM	Finance and Tax	6 Yeas - 2 Nays

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
212.08	Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions.	Page 3 (pdf)
364.0137		Page 5 (pdf)

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