Utility Relocation
Summary
Utility Relocation; Requiring that a specified amount of communications services tax remittances be distributed by the Department of Revenue by a nonoperating transfer to the Department of Commerce in monthly installments to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Commerce for the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program; revising the percentage by which a certain amount transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund must be reduced, beginning on a certain date; authorizing a service provider to apply to the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program for reimbursement of relocation expenses; creating the Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the program; requiring the Department of Revenue to deposit certain proceeds into a specified trust fund to fund the program beginning on a certain date; providing an appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $50,000,000
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025
Signed Jun 5, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was formally enrolled and finalized for the 2025 Legislature, marking its transition from House version to enrolled status. A minor formatting adjustment was made to the indentation of a tax distribution provision, removing unnecessary spacing. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered.
TECHNICAL
The bill header was updated from 'CS/HB 703, Engrossed' to 'ENROLLED' to reflect its final legislative status.
A minor formatting change removed extra indentation in the tax distribution section (line 57) without affecting the legal text.
The document identifier was updated from 'hb703 -02-e1' to 'hb703 -02-er' to indicate the enrolled version.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2025 · House Apr 25, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Apr 30, 2025
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
12
Committee
12
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 0
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment 499299 adopted
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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