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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 170: Emergency Relief

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 170 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on October 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Emergency Relief. Primary sponsor: Shev Jones (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs.

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.

Emergency Relief; Creating the People’s Relief Program within the Department of Children and Families; providing a purpose for the program; requiring the program to provide assistance in the form of grants to certain residents under specified conditions; providing program eligibility requirements for individuals, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shev JonesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34

“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 Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  2. Introduced
  3. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  4. Filed

Sources

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