Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1517: Approval of Data Center Facilities
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires applications for approval of data center facilities to include specified disclosures; requires existing data centers to disclose specified information; requires DEP to make such information publicly available on its website; provides penalty; prohibits certain tax credits, exemptions, protections, & restrictions for such information; requires DEP to adopt rules.
What the bill says
An act relating to the approval of data center facilities; providing a short title; creating s. 377.714, F.S.; requiring applications for the approval of data center facilities to include specified disclosures; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to make such information publicly available on its website; providing that such applications may not be approved before such information is posted for a specified period of time; requiring certain local governments to make such information publicly available on local government websites…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
An act relating to the approval of data center facilities; providing a short title; creating s. 377.714, F.S.; requiring applications for the approval of data center facilities to include specified disclosures; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to make such information publicly available on its website; providing that such applications may not be approved before such information is posted for a specified period of time; requiring certain local governments to make such information publicly available on local government websites; requiring that written notice be provided to certain residential and commercial landowners and renters; requiring existing data centers to disclose specified information; requiring data centers to comply with specified standards; providing a penalty; prohibiting tax credits for certain facilities; prohibiting certain exemptions, protections, and restrictions for such information; requiring the department to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Data Center HB 1517 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1517-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Transparency Act." Section 2. Section 377.714, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 377.714 Approval of data center facilities.— (1) Any application for the approval of a data center facility must require a detailed disclosure of the following: (a) A plan for energy management of …
Sponsors
- Joseph, Dotie (D, HD-108) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 484 (Ch. 2026-65)
- : Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to State Affairs Committee
- : Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1517?
- H1517 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Approval of Data Center Facilities.
- What does H1517 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the approval of data center facilities; providing a short title; creating s. 377.714, F.S.; requiring applications for the approval of data center facilities to include specified disclosures; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to make such information publicly available on its website; providing that such applications may not be approved before such information is posted for a specified period of time; requiring certain local governments to make such information publicly available on local government websites…
- What is the status of H1517?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 484 (Ch. 2026-65) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1517?
- Joseph, Dotie (D, HD-108).
- Where is the official record for H1517?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1517
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