Bills › 91st General Assembly
Prohibiting franchise fees imposed by cities and counties
Topics:Cities & countiesTaxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Starting July 1, 2025, cities and counties will no longer be allowed to charge franchise fees for essential services. This change affects local governments and the companies that provide these services.1
Read the official explanation
Currently, a city may grant a franchise to erect and maintain essential city services described in Code section 364.2(4)(a), and may impose a franchise fee upon the gross sales amount of such services not to exceed percent. In cities with a population exceeding 200,000, the franchise fee allowed to be S.F. _____ imposed shall not exceed percent of the gross sales amount. This bill eliminates a city’s ability to impose any franchise fees beginning July 1, 2025. The bill also prohibits a county from imposing or collecting a franchise fee beginning July 1, 2025.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 25, 2025. On March 5, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 5, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site