Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1280: Military Affairs
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1280 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Military Affairs. Primary sponsor: Collins, Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146), CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Military Affairs; Redesignating the official state flagship as the S.S. American Victory; updating a reference to federal law relating to the designation of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as the state approving agency for veterans’ education and training; renaming the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program administered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., as the Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; requiring Florida is for Veterans, Inc., and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to enter into a grant agreement, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,500,000
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146), CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155)
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- Introduced
- Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
- Filed