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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 89: Food Insecure Areas

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 89 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Food Insecure Areas. Primary sponsor: Fiona McFarland (Republican), Michele Rayner (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism 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.

Food Insecure Areas; Authorizes local government to enact land development regulations to permit land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area; authorizes local government to include in its comprehensive plan provision permitting land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area; authorizes local government to require mandatory reporting of certain information from small-footprint grocery store.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Fiona McFarlandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Michele RaynerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99

“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 Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Commerce Committee
  6. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  8. Filed

Sources

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