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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 681: Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding

Enacted 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 681 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding. Primary sponsor: Lauren Melo (Republican), Careers & Workforce Subcommittee. It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-139.

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.

Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding; Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lauren MeloPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Careers & Workforce SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Doug BanksonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Tae EdmondsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Kim KendallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Toby OverdorfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Karen Gonzalez PittmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Michelle SalzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dana TrabulsyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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. Chapter No. 2025-139
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. In Messages
  6. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Substituted for CS/SB 1458
  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  11. Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
  12. Received

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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