SB 820 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Office of Faith and Community

Summary

Office of Faith and Community; Establishing the Office of Faith and Community within the Executive Office of the Governor for a specified purpose; providing for the appointment of a liaison for faith and community; providing that the Office of Faith and Community provides administrative support to the Florida Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council, etc.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 820 Filed → S 820 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a filed version to a committee substitute version, incorporating changes from the Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee. The most substantive policy change is the addition of a definition for 'state agencies' in Section 1(3)(c)1, which now references s. 20.055 to specify which agencies are covered. Several formatting and structural changes were made, including renumbering of sections and removal of page headers and footers.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains the same, but the definition of 'state agencies' was clarified by adding a statutory reference to s. 20.055.

DEFINITION

Added a definition for 'state agencies' in Section 1(3)(c)1 to mean those agencies designated in s. 20.055, clarifying which state agencies the Office of Faith and Community interacts with.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill title from 'S 820 Filed' to 'S 820 c1 Committee Substitute 1' and updated the header information to reflect committee processing.

Removed page headers and footers (page numbers and coding notes) that were present in the original filed version.

Reformatted the bill text to remove line numbers and adjust spacing, converting from a filed draft format to a committee substitute format.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 24, 2025

How they voted

27–9

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 38

Apr 24, 2025

D Democratic10

2 Yea 8 Nay

80% Nay

I Independent1

1 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican27

25 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 9

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 4

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 3

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors