Scope
Florida CS/SB 1118 of the 2026 regular session ("Public Records/Data Centers") would have created an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to the plans, intentions, or interest of a person to locate a data center, with future legislative review and repeal of the exemption. The Senate bill history records that it died on the calendar on 13 March 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Florida
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Florida Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 13 March 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Florida Senate Bill 1118 of 2026, as amended in committee, would have exempted from public records requirements information about a person's plans, intentions or interest to locate a data center. Three Senate committees reported it favorably, but according to the official bill history, died on the Senate calendar on 13 March 2026. The same page says a companion bill, CS/CS/SB 484, passed as chapter 2026-65; that act is a separate record.
What this does not establish
- The Senate bill page says "companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 484"; whether chapter 2026-65 contains an equivalent public-records provision was not compared text-for-text, so this record does not say the exemption was or was not enacted by other means.
- The bill text was read only through the official bill page summary.
Unresolved questions
- Whether chapter 2026-65 or a later act enacted an equivalent public-records exemption for data center siting information was not determined.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1118