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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 178: Agronomic Study on Emerging Crops

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 178 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Agronomic Study on Emerging Crops. Primary sponsor: Darryl Rouson (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Messages.

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.

Agronomic Study on Emerging Crops; Requiring Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to conduct an agronomic study on emerging crops in this state, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Darryl RousonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Rosalind OsgoodCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“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 Messages
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. In Messages
  4. Immediately certified
  5. Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Read 2nd time
  8. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  9. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  10. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
  11. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  12. Now in Fiscal Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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