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Votes at a glance: Appropriations Committee reports favorably on multiple bills across transportation, education, insurance and relief measures
Summary
The Appropriations Committee recorded favorable reports on numerous bills during the session, including floor-stage advancement for a transportation package, manufacturing measures, education and a set of conforming house bills; most items had limited debate and several were advanced after delete-all/strike-all amendments and roll-call votes.
The Appropriations Committee reported favorably on a slate of bills during its session. Many measures were advanced with little debate after sponsors explained delete-all or strike-all amendments intended to put bills in conference posture. The following is a concise list of bills considered by the committee with each committee outcome as recorded on the floor of the committee.
Votes at a glance (bill — brief detail — committee outcome):
- HB 5015 (state group insurance) — house conforming bill; delete-all amendment adopted; CS for HB 5015 reported favorably. - HB 5009 (Florida accountability office) — house conforming bill; delete-all amendment adopted; CS for HB 5009 reported favorably. - HB 5013 (state funded property reinsurance program) — delete-all adopted; CS for HB 5013 reported favorably. - HB 5201 (state financial accounting) — strike-all amendment adopted; CS for HB 5201 reported favorably. - HB 5203 (Capitol Complex/conforming) — strike-all adopted; CS for HB 5203 reported favorably. - HB 5501 (documentary stamp tax distributions) — delete-all adopted; CS for HB 5501 reported favorably. - CS for CS for CS SB 1662 (transportation package) — committee adopted amendments and reported favorably (see separate article for details). - CS for HB 10 (relief of Sydney Holmes) — award of $1,700,000 and up to 120 free college credit hours; reported favorably. - CS for CS for SB 924 (fertility preservation coverage) — reported favorably after supportive debate and cosponsor requests. - CS for SB 1160 (officer catastrophic-injury coverage expansion) — reported favorably. - SB 1292 (public records exemption for certain email addresses) — reported favorably. - CS for CS for SB 1290 (Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles changes) — reported favorably. - SB 26 (claims bill for Kristen and Leah McIntosh) — reported favorably. - CS for SB 176 / SJR 174 (homestead property assessment/elevation provisions) — committee reported favorably on conforming and constitutional-resolution language. - CS for SB 1122 (Florida Virtual School changes) — reported favorably. - CS for SB 600 and CS for SB 602 (manufacturing office, grants and promotional campaign; companion fee bill) — both reported favorably; sponsors noted rulemaking and appropriation work remains.
How these votes were handled: Several bills were advanced after “delete-all” or “strike-all” amendments that sponsors said were intended to place bills into proper posture for conference or further negotiation. For bills with substantive debate (for example the transportation package, the manufacturing bills and fertility-coverage bill), committee discussion is documented in the committee record and in separate articles.
Next steps: Most measures were reported favorably and will proceed to subsequent legislative steps and floor calendars. Appropriations Committee members requested follow-up technical changes, fiscal analyses or rulemaking in a number of cases before final passage.
