SB 1576 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Residential Utility Disconnections

Summary
Residential Utility Disconnections; Prohibiting an electric utility, a public utility, or a water utility from disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees under specified circumstances; requiring such utilities to waive reconnection fees and late fees in certain circumstances; prohibiting such utilities from recovering from customers any fee or expense incurred in complying with the act; requiring that all notices of nonpayment of bills and fees provide an offer of bill payment assistance or provide certain information, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Carlos Smith
DDemocratic
FL
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