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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1261: Personal Financial Literacy

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1261 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Personal Financial Literacy. Primary sponsor: Susan Valdés (Republican), Careers & Workforce Subcommittee. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Education & Employment Committee.

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.

Personal Financial Literacy; Revises requirements for one-half credit in personal financial literacy to include specified instruction.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Susan ValdésPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Careers & Workforce SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81

“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. Died in Education & Employment Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Education & Employment Committee
  4. Referred to Education & Employment Committee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
  9. Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
  10. PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
  11. Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
  12. Referred to Education & Employment Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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