2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S1642: High-speed Broadband Development Incentives
Legislative Summary
Creating the "Rural Connectivity Innovation Act"; creating a state-funded grant program within the Florida Office of Broadband; requiring the office to give funding priority to specified partnerships and organizations; authorizing farmers in underserved farming communities to receive specified tax credits if certain conditions are met, etc.
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
2/28/2025
Filed
Senate
3/7/2025
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
Senate
3/10/2025
Introduced
Senate
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/28/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Mackenson Bernard
Democrat