Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session
SB 484: Data Centers
Third Reading · Feb. 26, 2026 · Yeas 37, nays 0
What the bill does
The bill specifies that local governments keep authority over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers and requires public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for them. It prohibits issuing permits for consumptive use of water to large-scale data centers in certain circumstances, among other provisions.
A plain-language summary drafted with AI from the official text below, then checked against that text by a separate AI review. It describes the bill, not this particular motion. How these numbers work
The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Data Centers: Specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a study relating to the construction and operation of large-scale data centers, etc.
How each party voted
Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- CS/CS/SB 484
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- Feb. 26, 2026, 01:56 PM
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Presiding
- Brodeur
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 37, nays 0; 2 didn't vote (2 excused, 0 abstained)
The chamber on this vote
Seats are today's members, liberal to conservative; members who have left aren't shown.
How each member voted
Yea (37)
- Ben Albritton R-27
- Kristen Arrington D-25
- Lori Berman D-26
- Mack Bernard D-24
- Jim Boyd R-20
- LaVon Bracy Davis D-15
- Jennifer Bradley R-6
- Jason Brodeur R-10
- Danny Burgess R-23
- Colleen Burton R-12
- Alexis Calatayud R-38
- Tracie Davis D-5
- Nick DiCeglie R-18
- Don Gaetz R-1
- Ileana Garcia R-36
- Erin Grall R-29
- Gayle Harrell R-31
- Ed Hooper R-21
- Shev Jones D-34
- Tom Leek R-7
- Jonathan Martin R-33
- Ralph Massullo R-11
- Debbie Mayfield R-19
- Stan McClain R-9
- Rosalind Osgood D-32
- Kathleen Passidomo R-28
- Jason Pizzo I-37
- Tina Polsky D-30
- Ana Maria Rodriguez R-40
- Darryl Rouson D-16
- Corey Simon R-3
- Carlos Smith D-17
- Keith Truenow R-13
- Jay Trumbull R-2
- Tommy Wright R-8
- Clay Yarborough R-4
- Bryan Ávila R-39
Excused (2)
- Joe Gruters R-22
- Barbara Sharief D-35