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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 74: Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program

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 74 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program. Primary sponsor: Lori Berman (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Agriculture.

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.

Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program; Requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and operate a program to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch meals to all public school students; deleting provisions requiring school districts to implement and charge students for a breakfast program; deleting provisions requiring only certain school districts to implement a universal free school breakfast program and encouraging districts to provide free breakfast meals; authorizing school districts to operate free school meal programs using offsite food preparation locations, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lori BermanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
SmithCo-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 Agriculture
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  5. Filed

Sources

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