HB 335 — Spaceport Operations

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 335 2026 A bill to be entitled An act relating to spaceport operations;

amending s.

331.3081, F.S.;

revising the composition of the Space Florida board of directors;

331.303 Definitions.— (15) "Quintimodal transportation hub" means a spaceport territory within which interconnected transportation facilities Pageare 1available to move people or property by means of 7road, CODING:railroad, airport, seaport, and spaceport facilities.

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hb335-00hb335-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 335 2026 are(19) available"Spaceport todirector moveor peoplecommander" ormeans propertythe individual designated by meansthe governing body, agency, or military authority of road,a railroad,spaceport airport,territory seaport,to administer the operations, maintenance, safety, and spaceportlocal facilities.agreements of that facility.

(19) "Spaceport director or commander" means the individual designated by the governing body, agency, or military authority of a spaceport territory to administer the operations, maintenance, safety, and local agreements of that facility.

(2) Space Florida shall be responsible for statewide strategic planning, financing, economic development, and intergovernmental coordination, but may not exercise direct Pagecontrol 2over oflocal 7operational CODING:decisions unless:

(a) Specifically requested in writing by the spaceport Page 2 of 6 CODING:

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(a) Specifically requested in writing by the spaceport director or commander;

(4) ThisEach sectionspaceport doesshall notmaintain diminishan Spaceupdated Florida'slist authorityof tospaceport finance,site lease,readiness ordevelopment ownprojects spaceportconsistent facilitieswith orits tooperational coordinategovernance economicplan developmentand initiativeswith acrossSpace multipleFlorida's spaceport territories.master plan developed under s.

331.360.

Such projects include, but are not limited to, utility and commodity supply extension, transportation infrastructure expansion, environmental reviews, and similar activities that, if completed, will support the future expansion of spaceport operations and related space and hypersonic industry activities including, but not limited to, payload processing, system manufacturing, and testing.

Such list must be submitted annually to Space Florida.

(5) This section does not diminish Space Florida's authority to finance, lease, or own spaceport facilities or to coordinate economic development initiatives across multiple spaceport territories.

Paragraph (e)(b) of subsection (1)(2) of section 331.3081,Page Florida3 Statutes,of is6 amended,CODING: and paragraph (f) is added to that subsection, to read:

331.3081 Board of directors.— (1) Space Florida shall be governed by an independent board of directors that consists of the Governor, who shall serve ex officio, or who may appoint a designee to serve, as the chair and a voting member of the board, and the following appointed members:

(e) A representative of each of the following entities, who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board, Page 3 of 7 CODING:

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The Jacksonville Aviation Authority.

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The Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority.

(f) One member who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board, appointed by the Governor, who is 3.

an employee or official of a port district or port authority as defined in s.

315.02(2).

Section 5.

Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 330.41, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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