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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 859: School Readiness Program

Passed both chambers 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 859 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School Readiness Program. Primary sponsor: Dana Trabulsy (Republican), Chase Tramont (Republican), PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee, Education & Employment Committee. It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in returning Messages.

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.

School Readiness Program; Revises requirements for specified statewide data information program within school readiness program; revises requirements for program's uniform waiting list; revises requirements for determining school readiness program allocation.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dana TrabulsyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Chase TramontPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
PreK-12 Budget SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Education & Employment CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Fiona McFarlandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Mike RedondoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64

“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 returning Messages
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. In Possession List
  4. Temporarily postponed, on Senate message list
  5. Senate Message List
  6. In Messages
  7. CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Amendment(s) adopted (766134)
  10. Read 2nd time
  11. Substituted for CS/SB 1382
  12. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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