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FL S0200

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jennifer Bradley

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires solar facilities on agricultural land to be decommissioned within 24 months after reaching end of useful life, with the land returned to an agriculturally viable condition

  • Authorizes counties to require financial assurance (bonds, letters of credit, or parent company guarantees) from solar facility owners to cover estimated decommissioning costs

  • Presumes a solar facility has reached end of useful life if it fails to produce power for 12 months after construction or is abandoned (no significant construction for 24 months or no reconstruction within 12 months after a disaster)

  • Directs the Department of Environmental Protection to develop and annually update best management practices for solar facility construction, including percolation testing, stormwater management, and design standards to withstand 100-year storm events

  • Amends utility storm protection plan requirements so that any proposed improvement must have forecasted customer benefits exceeding forecasted costs, and requires the Public Service Commission to submit a proposed implementing rule by October 31, 2026

Legislative Description

Utilities

Last Action

Introduced

1/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Community Affairs12/10/2025

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