{"id":283735,"date":"2026-05-25T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283735\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:40:10","slug":"budget-conference-house-senate-aligned-on-1m-for-off-world-data-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283735\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget conference: House, Senate aligned on $1M for off-world data backups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers may strap a rocket to the 3-2-1 rule. <\/p>\n

Lawmakers are moving forward with a pair of Space Florida<\/a> initiatives as budget negotiations continue, including a new pilot program that would test orbital data storage for state agencies.<\/p>\n

Under the latest budget offer in the Transportation and Economic Development silo, the House and Senate are aligned on sending $1 million to Space Florida for a data storage pilot program.<\/p>\n

The proposal would direct the organization to contract with a Florida-based aerospace company to provide active orbital data storage services designed to bolster state disaster recovery and cybersecurity resilience.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, the proposal would test storing backup government data on space-based hardware \u2014 essentially creating off-world \u201chard drives\u201d that could preserve critical information if disasters or cyberattacks cripple systems on the ground.<\/p>\n

The pilot would involve up to five executive branch agencies selected in consultation with the Florida Digital Service<\/a>. Data governed by federal Criminal Justice Information Security regulations would be excluded from the program, and agencies participating in the pilot would be required to conduct integration testing and submit a report on feasibility and potential use cases to legislative leaders and the Governor\u2019s Office by March 1, 2027.<\/p>\n

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The House also moved toward the Senate on a separate Space Florida infrastructure line item.<\/p>\n

Budget documents show the chambers settling at $3 million for \u201cSpace Florida \u2014 Launch Pad Infrastructure,\u201d down from the House\u2019s earlier $5 million proposal.<\/p>\n

Associated proviso language says the infrastructure funding could support \u201cspaceport and aerospace activities,\u201d including planning, environmental assessments, and development of state-owned infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The Space Florida items surfaced as House and Senate negotiators continued narrowing differences across the broader transportation and economic development budget silo Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers say they can still finish the 2026-27 budget before the end of May, but it could be close. A memo from House Speaker Daniel Perez has House Budget Chair Lawrence McClure and Senate Appropriations Chair Ed Hooper meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday to hold talks \u201cuntil completion.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n

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If the budget hits desks tomorrow, it starts the constitutionally required 72-hour cooling-off period, teeing up a House floor vote Friday with the Senate to follow before Sine Die. The 2026-27 fiscal year begins July 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lawmakers may strap a rocket to the 3-2-1 rule. Lawmakers are moving forward with a pair of Space…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74811,51866,119986,120576,28,30,29,51216,120577,120578],"class_list":["post-283735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-2026-27-budget","tag-aerospace","tag-budget-conference","tag-data-storage-pilot-program","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-space-florida","tag-ted","tag-transportation-and-economic-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}