SB 200: Utilities

GENERAL BILL by Bradley; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 10/15/2025 12:45 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Regulated Industries (RI)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 193 by Boyles Utilities Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)	Identical
  H 1417 (er) by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee Department of Environmental Protection Last Action: 3/12/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare
  S 1510 (c3) by Massullo Department of Environmental Protection Last Action: 3/9/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1417	Compare

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting)   12/8/2025
  • Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting)   12/10/2025

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  12/9/2025 1:00 PM	S 200	Regulated Industries	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  163.3205	Solar facility approval process.	Page 2 (pdf)
  366.96	Storm protection plan cost recovery.	Page 6 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  10/15/2025	S	• Filed
  11/3/2025	S	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy
  12/1/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 12/09/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  12/9/2025	S	• Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  12/10/2025	S	• Now in Community Affairs
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced