Florida Senate Bill 1280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on June 16 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-16 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146), CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Redesignating the official state flagship as the S.S. American Victory; updating a reference to federal law relating to the designation of the Department of Veterans' Affairs as the state approving agency for veterans' education and training; renaming the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program administered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., as the Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; requiring Florida is for Veterans, Inc., and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to enter into a grant agreement, etc.

Military Affairs

Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Committee

Sen. Jay Collins [R]

2025-03-25 - Senate - Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-16	Senate	Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146), CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155)
2025-05-03	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-27	Senate	CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
2025-03-26	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
2025-03-26	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2025-03-25	Senate	CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2025-03-20	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
2025-03-10	Senate	Introduced
2025-03-06	Senate	Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2025-02-26	Senate	Filed

S1282 (Related) 2025-06-16 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
H1241 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146)
H1291 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
H559 (Similar To) 2025-02-25 - Withdrawn prior to introduction
S804 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
S1290 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155)
S1348 (Similar To) 2025-04-29 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 961 (Ch. 2025-125), CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155)
S1662 (Similar To) 2025-06-23 - Chapter No. 2025-155, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 462 (Ch. 2025-149)
H1043 (Similar To) 2025-04-30 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146)
S116 (Similar To) 2025-06-23 - Chapter No. 2025-146

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	0465		Amended Code	See Bill Text
295	124		Amended Code	See Bill Text
295	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
295	22		Amended Code	See Bill Text
295	25		Amended Code	See Bill Text
320	084		Amended Code	See Bill Text
322	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	47891		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/Amendment/316166/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/Amendment/259822/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/Analyses/2025s01280.pre.ms.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/Analyses/2025s01280.ms.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1280/Vote/2025-03-25%200130PM~S01280%20Vote%20Record.PDF