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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 250: Rural Communities

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 250 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Rural Communities. Primary sponsor: Corey Simon (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2026-167).

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.

Rural Communities; Requiring the state land planning agency to give preference for technical assistance funding to local governments located in a rural area of opportunity; revising the conditions required for a county to be considered a fiscally constrained county; creating the Office of Rural Prosperity within the Department of Commerce; requiring the Office of Rural Prosperity to administer the Renaissance Grants Program to provide block grants to eligible communities; creating the Public Infrastructure Smart Technology Grant Program within the Office of Rural Prosperity; creating the Florida Arterial Road Modernization Program within the Department of Transportation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $144,813,977

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Corey SimonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Jennifer BradleyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6

“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; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2026-167)
  2. In Messages
  3. Immediately certified
  4. Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
  5. Read 3rd time
  6. Amendment(s) adopted (211610, 655052)
  7. Read 2nd time
  8. Introduced
  9. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/14/26
  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  11. Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
  12. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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