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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 968: Home Backup Power Systems

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 968 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Home Backup Power Systems. Primary sponsor: Stan McClain (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 803 (Ch. 2026-63).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Home Backup Power Systems; Prohibiting a local government from adopting a technical amendment to the Florida Building Code which requires a permit or any functionally equivalent local review or approval for certain backup power systems; prohibiting a local government that issues building permits from requiring an owner of a single-family dwelling or such owner’s contractor to obtain a building permit to perform work on the single-family lot valued at less than a specified sum; prohibiting a local enforcement agency from requiring a permit or any functionally equivalent local review or approval for the installation, relocation, replacement, or repair of an eligible residential backup power system; defining the term “backup power system”, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan McClainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 803 (Ch. 2026-63)
  2. Now in Regulated Industries
  3. Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  4. On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  5. Introduced
  6. Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules
  7. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source