FL Budget Discussions 2025

Budget discussions during the special session are slated to begin June 3rd and last until June 5th, with a tentative slot for June 16th if needed. The first two days are scheduled for 0900EST until 2000EST. Long days ahead for the Senators.

For what the budget features, I’ll leave you with the approved bill that was laid on table at the end of session. Hopefully, because this bill already had moved through both chambers, it will be easy enough to put this matter to rest.

That said, the bill will be forced to go through eight different conference committees. The following is a list of the Senators who will be involved in the different committees, as listed on the SB2500 page.

• Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget:
  Hooper (Chair), Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources:
  Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow, Boyd (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration:
  Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow;
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice:
  Garcia (Chair), Ingoglia, Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Rouson, Simon, Wright, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large);
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care:
  Trumbull (Chair), Berman, Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Gruters, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, Boyd (At Large), Passidomo (At Large);
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education:
  Harrell (Chair), Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, Leek, Smith, Trumbull, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/PreK-12:
  Burgess (Chair), Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
• Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development:
  DiCeglie (Chair), Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Collins, Grall, Ingoglia, Leek, Martin, McClain, Polsky, Sharief, Smith, Truenow, Wright, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);

While there isn’t much to update on at the moment, I will be returning to this post once discussions begin. Keep an eye on this spot for more as we learn it!