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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 135: Educational Dollars for Duty Program

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 135 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Educational Dollars for Duty Program. Primary sponsor: Jose Alvarez (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee.

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.

Educational Dollars for Duty Program; Requires program to set aside certain amount of funds to provide tuition assistance to spouses & children of active members of Florida National Guard; requires Department of Military Affairs to oversee implementation & enforcement; requires department to establish certain procedures.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jose AlvarezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43

“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 Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  8. Filed

Sources

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