Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

HJR 1263: Election of County Commissioners and Superintendent of Schools

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

HJR 1263 is a joint resolution introduced in the Florida House on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Election of County Commissioners and Superintendent of Schools. Primary sponsor: Michael Owen (Republican), Danny Alvarez (Republican). 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.

Election of County Commissioners and Superintendent of Schools; Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to require the membership composition of a board of county commissioners to be based on population, to require county commissioners to be elected by qualified electors who reside in same county commission district as commissioner, & to require superintendent of schools to be elected.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael OwenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Danny AlvarezPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse69

“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 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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. Added as workshop bill to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
  4. Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  8. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  9. Filed

Sources

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