2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0330: Residential Utility Disconnections

Legislative Summary

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 such utilities to deliver notice of nonpayment of bills or fees to residential customers within a specified timeframe using specified methods of notice and including certain information, etc.

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Bill History

1/27/2025
Filed
Senate
2/3/2025
Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Lori Berman
Lori Berman
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/27/202518.0 KB