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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1059: Speech and Debate Education

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1059 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Speech and Debate Education. Primary sponsor: Erika Booth (Republican), Student Academic Success Subcommittee, Education & Employment Committee. It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): Laid on Table.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Speech and Debate Education; Designates Florida Speech & Debate Week annually in February; subject to legislative appropriation, establishing Florida Debate Initiative, Inc., (FDI) as statewide speech & debate organization that performs certain functions in support of Florida Civics & Debate Initiative (FCDI) in DOE; provides duties of FDI & FCDI.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Erika BoothPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Student Academic Success SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Education & Employment CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Doug BanksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Kim BerfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Kim DanielsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Lisa DunkleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse97
Anne GerwigCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Yvonne HinsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Kim KendallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Kiyan MichaelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Danny NixCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Bill PartingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Judson SappCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Paula StarkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Debra TendrichCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Dana TrabulsyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Taylor YarkoskyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table
  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3. Bill referred to House Calendar
  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  5. CS Filed
  6. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  7. Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
  8. Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
  9. PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
  10. Now in Education & Employment Committee
  11. Referred to Education & Employment Committee
  12. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source