Florida HB 1007: Actions for Rent or Possession

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CS/CS/HB 1007 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to data centers; creating s. 112.231, 2
F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting an agency from 3
entering into a nondisclosure agreement or other 4
contract that restricts the agency from disclosing 5
certain information to the public; providing that an 6
agreement or contract, or a provision of an agreement 7
or contract, is void and unenforceable under certain 8
circumstances; providing civil penalties; authorizing 9
the state attorney to bring an action to collect a 10
fine; providing applicability; creating s. 163.326, 11
F.S.; providing legislative findings; specifying that 12
local governments maintain authority to exercise power 13
and responsibility over comprehensive planning and 14
land development regulations related to large load 15
customers; prohibiting a large load customer from 16
being considered an electric substation; requiring 17
applicants for construction permits for a certain new 18
data center in specified areas to demonstrate that the 19
operation of the data center will comply with certain 20
provisions and submit a specified study in support of 21
such application; providing applicability; authorizing 22
the local government to waive the prohibition under 23
certain circumstances; providing a directive to the 24
Division of Law Revision; amending s. 288.075, F.S.; 25

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providing a definition; providing an exception to a 26
provision allowing an extension of certain 27
confidentiality protections; creating s. 366.043, 28
F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; 29
requiring the Florida Public Service Commission to 30
develop minimum tariff and service requirements for 31
large load customers; requiring that such requirements 32
ensure that large load customers bear their costs of 33
service and that such costs are not shifted to the 34
general body of ratepayers; requiring certain measures 35
to minimize the risk of nonpayment of such costs; 36
requiring that such minimum tariff and service 37
requirements include certain provisions designed to 38
prevent a public utility from providing electric 39
service to a large load customer that is a foreign 40
entity; prohibiting a customer from separating a 41
certain electrical load into multiple smaller 42
connections for a specified purpose; authorizing the 43
commission to include certain measures in minimum 44
tariff and service requirements; prohibiting any 45
tariff, contractual provision, service requirement, or 46
other public utility policy from preventing or 47
hindering the curtailment or interruption of electric 48
service to a large load customer for certain purposes; 49
prohibiting a public utility from knowingly providing 50

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electric service to a large load customer that is a 51
foreign entity; requiring the commission to adopt 52
rules by a specified date; specifying a deadline for 53
utilities to file a tariff in compliance with the 54
final rule; amending s. 373.203, F.S.; defining terms; 55
creating s. 373.262, F.S.; providing legislative 56
intent; prohibiting the governing board of a water 57
management district or the Department of Environmental 58
Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive 59
use of water to a large-scale data center under 60
certain circumstances; requiring that such permit be 61
issued to a large-scale data center applicant if the 62
applicant establishes that the proposed use of water 63
satisfies certain requirements; requiring the 64
governing board or the department to require the use 65
of reclaimed water for a large-scale data center 66
applicant's allocation when certain requirements are 67
met; specifying requirements for certain permit 68
applications; prohibiting the approval of permit 69
applications without a hearing; amending s. 373.239, 70
F.S.; requiring that consumptive use permit 71
modifications proposed by a large-scale data center be 72
treated in a specified manner; providing effective 73
dates. 74
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 76
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Section 1. Section 112.231, Florida Statutes, is created 78
to read: 79
112.231 Data center nondisclosure agreements.— 80
(1) As used in this section, the term: 81
(a) "Agency" means any state, county, district, authority, 82
or municipal officer, public employee, departmen