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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 1576

Residential Utility Disconnections
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SPONSOR
Smith
FILED BY
Carlos Guillermo Smith — District 17, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Regulated Industries
PROVIDED 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.

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TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Regulated Industries
1/22/2026
Introduced
1/16/2026
Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on...
1/9/2026
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 366.043
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