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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1524: Department of State

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

SB 1524 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of State. Primary sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican), Governmental Oversight and Accountability. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development.

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.

Department of State; Repealing a provision relating to a fee for commissions issued by the Governor; prohibiting commissions from being issued by the Governor, attested to by the Secretary of State, or bearing the seal of the state until the oath of office is filed as required; revising duties of the State Library Council; requiring the Secretary of State to identify whether construction grant funds meet certain criteria and are used for certain purposes; revising the membership of the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Erin GrallPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Governmental Oversight and AccountabilityPrimary sponsorNot 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

  1. Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
  4. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
  5. Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  6. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
  8. On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  9. Introduced
  10. Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
  11. Filed

Sources

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