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HB 5001-E — General Appropriations Act
by Rep. McClure (SB 2500-E by Senator Hooper)
This summary is provided for information only and does not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.
Prepared by: Appropriations Committee (AP)
This bill provides for a total budget of $114.5 billion, including:
• $52.3 billion from the General Revenue Fund (GR)
• $2.5 billion from the Education Enhancement Trust Fund
• $1.6 billion from the Public Education Capital Outlay Trust Fund (PECO TF)
• $58.1 billion from other trust funds (TF)
• 111,558.61 full time equivalent positions (FTE)
Increased Reserves and Debt Reduction
• Over $14 billion in total reserves (not including trust fund balances)
○ $8.6 billion General Revenue Unallocated
○ $5.7 billion Budget Stabilization Fund
• $150 million authorized for the Debt Reduction Program
Compensation and Benefits
• Correctional Officer Minimum Salary Increase from $22/hr. to $24/hr.
○ Additional funding provided to address compression
• 4 percent Pay Increases for:
○ State Law Enforcement Officers
○ State Firefighters
○ Park Rangers (Department of Environmental Protection)
• Justice Administration Pay Increases:
○ Assistant State Attorneys $10,000
○ Assistant Public Defenders $3,500
• Cost of living adjustment for special risk class retirement (minimum 1.5 percent)
• State Employees and Retirees Health Insurance Premiums held constant
Education Capital Outlay
• Total: $1,135.2 million
○ State University System Projects - $465.5 million
○ Florida College System Projects - $209.1 million
○ Charter School Repairs and Maintenance - $260.2 million
○ Small School District Special Facilities - $145.5 million
○ Developmental Research School Repairs and Maintenance - $11.6 million
Pre-K - 12 Education Appropriations
Total Appropriations: $21.1 billion [$16.2 billion GR; $4.9 billion TF]
Total Funding - Including Local Revenues: $35.1 billion [$21.1 billion state/federal funds; $14 billion local funds]
Major Issues
Early Learning Services
Total: $1.65 billion [$605.7 million GR; $1 billion TF]
• Partnerships for School Readiness - $42.3 million
• School Readiness Program - $1.2 billion
• Early Learning Standards & Accountability - $4.9 million
• Voluntary Prekindergarten Program - $431 million
○ Decrease of 221 fewer students - ($426,009)
○ Summer Bridge Program - $2.8 million
Public Schools/K12 FEFP
Total Funding: $30 billion [$16 billion state funds; $14 billion local funds]
• FEFP Total Funds increase is $735.9 million or 2.51 percent
• FEFP increase in Total Funds per Student served by a district is $150.31, a 1.64 percent increase (from $9,187.36 to $9,337.67)
• Base Student Allocation (BSA) increase of $85 or 1.58 percent
• Required Local Effort (RLE) increase of $321.9 million; RLE millage level of 3.057 mills (a decrease from 3.092 in prior year)
• A total of $1.56 billion of the base funds is set aside for teacher salary increases, which includes $200 million for teachers with at least 10 years of teaching experience in a Florida public school
Public Schools/Back of the Bill
• Declining Enrollment Supplement - $79 million - provides funds to assist districts with decreasing student enrollments in the current 2025-2026 school year. There was significant decrease in student enrollment for school districts over the forecasted amount and this supplement is meant to cushion the loss of revenue and mitigate unanticipated budgetary impacts.
Public Schools/K12 Non-FEFP
Total: $542.9 million [$534.6 million GR; $8.3 million TF]
• Coach Aaron Feis, Chris Hixon, & Coach Scott Beigel Guardian Program - $6.5 million
• School Recognition Program - $135 million
• Mentoring Programs - $12.4 million
• Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources Centers - $8.7 million
• Regional Education Consortium Services - $6.8 million
• Teacher Professional Development - $13.3 million
• School District Foundation Matching Grants - $7 million
• Florida Safe Schools Canine Program - $3.3 million
• District Threat Management Coordinators - $5 million
• Regional Literacy Teams - $5 million
• Charity for Change - $4.7 million
• SEED School of Miami - $12.8 million
• School and Instructional Enhancement Grants - $68.1 million
• Exceptional Education - $12.6 million
• Florida School for the Deaf & Blind - $82.5 million
• Civic Engagement Initiatives - $13 million
• Public School Hardening - $20 million
• Patriotic Displays in Classrooms - $200,000
State Board of Education
Total: $316.1 million [$167.7 million GR; $148.4 million TF]
• Assessment and Evaluation - $127.8 million
• ACT and SAT Exam Administration - $8 million
Higher Education Appropriations
Total Appropriations: $9 billion [$6.8 billion GR; $2.2 billion TF]
Total Funding - Including Local Revenues: $11.9 billion [$9 billion state/federal funds; $2.9 billion local funds]
Major Issues
Vocational Rehabilitation
Total: $270.2 million [$62.7 million GR; $207.5 million TF]
Blind Services
Total: $84.3 million [$27.5 million GR; $56.8 million TF]
• Vending Stands Equipment/Supplies Increase - $2.3 million
Private Colleges
Total: $205.3 million GR
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) – $34.5 million
• Effective Access to Student Education (EASE) - $136.9 million
Student Financial Aid
Total: $1.1 billion [$316.4 million GR; $808.6 million TF]
• Bright Futures - $705.2 million
○ Workload increase - $67.5 million
• Benacquisto Scholarship Program - $35.2 million
○ Workload decrease - ($2.9 million)
• Children/Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans - $35.5 million
○ Workload increase - $6.4 million
• Florida First Responder Scholarship Program - $10 million
• Open Door Grant Program - $25 million
• Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Scholarship - $2 million
School District Workforce
Total: $784.7 million [$447.2 million GR; $287.5 million TF; $50 million tuition/fees]
• Workforce Development - $473.5 million
○ Workload increase - $9.6 million
• Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant Program for apprenticeships - $20 million
• PIPELINE Nursing Incentive Funds - $20 million
• Workforce Capitalization Incentive Grants - $40 million
• Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program - $2.5 million
• No tuition increase
Florida College System
Total: $2.6 billion [$1.6 billion GR; $239.7 million TF; $784.1 million tuition/fees]
• CAPE Incentive Funds for students who earn Industry Certifications - $20 million
• College System Program Fund - $1.71 billion
○ Workload increase - $30 million
• PIPELINE Nursing Incentive Funds- $40 million
• Postsecondary Guardian Program - $4.2 million
• Student Success Incentive Funds - $30 million
○ 2+2 Student Success Incentive Funds - $17 million
○ Work Florida Incentive Funds - $13 million
• No tuition increase
State University System
Total: $6.7 billion [$4.0 billion GR; $617.6 million TF; $2.1 billion tuition/fees]
• Lastinger Center for Learning at University of Florida - $44.1 million
• PIPELINE Nursing Incentive Funds- $40 million
• Metric Based Performance Funding - $350 million
• Postsecondary Guardian Program - $1.8 million
• Community School Grant Program - $23.6 million
○ Workload increase - $3.5 million
• Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program for Students with Unique Abilities - $14.5 million
○ Workload increase - $2 million
• Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment at University of Florida - $12 million
○ Workload increase - $2 million
• University of Florida – IFAS - $215.2 million
○ Workload increase - $6.3 million
• No required tuition increase
Health and Human Services Appropriations
Total Budget: $49.2 billion [$19.2 billion GR; $30.0 billion TF]; 30,723 positions
Major Issues
Agency for Health Care Administration
Total: $38.0 billion [$13.5 billion GR; $24.5 billion TF]; 1,563.50 positions
• Fully Fund Florida’s Medicaid and KidCare Programs
• Florida Healthy Kids Combined-Risk Model Premium Stabilization - $27.8 million
• Rural Health Transformation Program - $209.9 million; 14 positions
• Medicaid Provider Rate Increases - $205.9 million
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Expansion - $38.4 million
• Graduate Medical Education - $13.5 million
• Enhanced Provider Network Audits - $10.8 million
• Medicaid Management Information Systems - $23.4 million
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Total: $1.3 billion [$1.2 billion GR; $0.1 billion TF]; 2,709 positions
• Pre-Enrollment to Waiver - $10 million
• iBudget Provider Rate Increase - $22.8 million
• Developmental Disability Centers - $27.5 million
• Operating Cost Increases for Resident Services at Forensic Facilities - $0.7 million
• Room and Board for Developmentally Disabled Category Increase - $0.5 million
• iConnect System - $35.1 million
Department of Children and Families
Total: $4.8 billion [$3.0 billion GR; $1.8 billion TF]; 12,496 positions
• Child Welfare Services - $69.0 million
○ Foster Care Room and Board Rate Increase - $12.6 million
○ Adoption Assistance Subsidies - $24.9 million
○ Extended Foster Care - $10.1 million
○ Grants to Encourage Fatherhood Support and Mentorship of At-Risk Boys - $5.0 million
○ Foster and Family Support Grant Program - $5.0 million
○ Step Into Success Program Statewide Expansion - $3.4 million, 9 positions
○ Foster Parent and Guardian ad Litem Recruitment Campaign - $1 million
○ Child Welfare Information Systems - $7.0 million
• State and Community-Based Mental Health/Substance Use Prevention - $47.9 million
○ State Mental Health Treatment Facilities Forensic Bed Expansion and Patient Safety Improvements - $19.2 million
○ Community Mental Health Residential Forensic Treatment Beds - $9.9 million
○ Integrated Residential Treatment Beds for Women - $4.8 million
○ Central Receiving Facilities - $7.0 million
○ 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - $7.0 million
• Economic Self-Sufficiency Supports - $116.5 million
○ SNAP Food Assistance Program - $38.0 million
○ Public Benefit Eligibility Determination Improvements - $27.3 million
○ Florida System (ACCESS) - $51.2 million
• Domestic Violence Services - $9.9 million
• Financial Accountability and Compliance - $5 million
• Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery from Opioid Settlement Funds - $166.6 million
Department of Elder Affairs
Total: $513.4 million [$280.0 million GR; $233.4 million TF]; 425 positions
• Alzheimer's Disease Initiative - Frail Elders Waiting for Services - $3 million
• Serve Additional Clients in the Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) and Home Care for the Elderly (HCE) Programs - $7.5 million
• Increased Resources for the Office of Public Guardians - $4.4 million
• Comprehensive Assessment and Review for Long-Term Services Staff Wage Increases - $0.4 million
• Information Technology - $6.6 million
Department of Health
Total: $4.1 billion [$1.1 billion GR; $3.0 billion TF]; 12,018 positions
• AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) - $75 million
• Routine Screening Expansion for HIV, Hepatitis, and Syphilis - $2.9 million
• Cancer Care and Research - $20.2 million
• Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program - $0.7 million
• Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program - $5 million
• Uterine Fibroid Research Database - $1.0 million
• Swimming Lesson Voucher Program - $0.7 million
• Food and Product Safety Testing Initiative - $2 million
• Newborn Screening Additional Testing - $5.2 million
• Rural Emergency Medical Services System - $1 million
Department of Veterans Affairs
Total: $240.8 million [$59.6 million GR; $181.2 million TF]; 1,511 positions
• Veterans Dental Care Grant Program - $0.5 million
• Florida is for Veterans’ Occupational License Reciprocity - $1.4 million
• State Veterans’ Nursing Home Support - $8.7 million
• Information Technology $1.5 million
Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Total Budget: $8.02 billion [$6.99 billion GR; $1.03 billion TF]; 45,269.50 positions
Major Issues
• DOC Operational Deficit - $35.1 million
• DOC FCO - Additional Dorms - $56.4 million
• DOC FCO – New Prison Hospital - $50.0 million
• DOC Health Services Contract - $60.2 million
• DJJ Residential Beds Capacity/Contracts - $22.7 million
• DJJ FCO - Broward Detention Center - $20.0 million
• FDLE - State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (SAFE) in Florida Program - $15.0 million
• FDLE Office of Wellness Expansion - $2.6 million; 8 positions
• FDLE Law Enforcement Apprenticeship Program - $5.0 million
• SCS Sixth District Court of Appeal - $13.0 million
Department of Corrections (DOC)
Total: $4.05 billion [$3.97 billion GR; $79.1 million TF]; 23,380 positions
• Health Services Contract - $60.2 million
• DOC Operational Deficit - $35.1 million
• Food Service Contract - $16.1 million
• Technology Restoration Plan - $10.2 million
• Certified Officers Public Safety Initiative (Communications) - $3.3 million
• Community Corrections Residential Substance Abuse Programs - $1.5 million
• FCO - Additional Dorms - $56.4 million
• FCO – New Prison Hospital - $50.0 million
Florida Commission on Offender Review
Total: $17.7 million [$17.7 million GR; $0 million TF]; 164 positions
• IT Services and Wi-Fi - $1.8 million
Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
Total: $813.9 million [$646.2 million GR; $167.7 million TF]; 3,229.50 positions
• Sustain Contracted Residential Services System - $14.0 million
• Increased Residential Commitment Capacity - $8.7 million
• Residential Medical Services Increased Costs - $5.4 million
• Florida Scholars Academy - $3.7 million
• Detention Uniforms – Staff and Youth - $1.3 million
• FCO - Broward Detention Center - $20.0 million
• FCO Maintenance and Repair - $5.0 million
Attorney General/ Legal Affairs
Total: $324.5 million [$112.4 million GR; $212.1 million TF]; 1,275.50 positions
• Groveland Four Relief - $4.0 million
• Recurring IT Costs - $1.9 million
• Increased Operating Costs- $1.0 million
• Criminal Civil Litigation Increased Contract Services - $675,000
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
Total: $569.5 million [$375.2 million GR; $194.3 million TF]; 2,036 positions
• State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (SAFE) in Florida Program - $15.0 million
• Law Enforcement Apprenticeship Program - $5.0 million
• Fort Myers Regional Operations Center Facility - $4.4 million
• Alcohol Testing Program Transition to New Breath Test Instrumentation - $3.3 million
• Drone as a First Responder Grant Program - $2.5 million
• Office of Wellness Expansion - $2.6 million; 8 positions
• Missing and Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse Technology Upgrade - $2.4 million
• Wastewater Testing Grant Program - $500,000
Justice Administration
Total: $1.4 billion [$1.16 billion GR; $253.0 million TF]; 10,474.50 positions
• Jury Management Funding - $4.8 million
• Reimbursement for Statutorily Required Duties - $1.8 million
• State Attorneys - Staffing Adjustments for Workload and Increased Judgeships - $4.4 million; 40 positions
• Public Defenders – Staffing Adjustments for Workload and Increased Judgeships - $1.8 million; 8 positions
• Increased Due Process Funds for State Attorneys – $2.5 million
• Increased Due Process Funds for Public Defenders - $575,000
State Court System (SCS)
Total: $832.8 million [$705.6 million GR; $127.2 million TF]; 4,710 positions
• Trial Court Case Management Technology – $2.7 million; 4 positions
• Problem Solving Courts Reporting - $1.1 million; 1 position
• Judicial Security Resources - $461,682; 2 positions
• FCO – Sixth District Court of Appeal - $13.0 million
• FCO - Maintenance and Repair - $1.5 million
Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
Total Budget: $15.8 billion [$610.8 million GR; $15.1 billion TF]; 12,589 positions
Major Issues
Department of Commerce
Total: $1.3 billion [$307.8 million GR; $1 billion TF]; 1,476 positions
• Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus - $20 million GR
• Rural Infrastructure Fund – $22 million GR
• Hometown Heroes Housing Program - $50 million GR current year back of bill appropriation
• Florida Job Growth Grant Fund - $40 million GR
• Economic Development Toolkit - $22.5 million ($4 million GR and $18.5 TF)
• Federal Grant Programs
○ CDBG-DR - $73 million TF current year back of bill appropriation
○ LIHEAP - $30 million TF current year back of bill appropriation
○ WAP - $20 million TF current year back of bill appropriation
○ Capital Projects Fund - $100 million TF current year back of bill appropriation
• Florida Housing Finance Corporation - Housing Programs
SAIL - $70.77 million TF
SHIP - $165.7 million TF
• Utility Relocation Reimbursement Grant Program - $50 million TF current year back of bill appropriation
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Total: $669.8 million TF; 4,084 positions
• Automated External Defibrillators - $4.2 million TF
• Replacement of Pursuit Vehicles - $7.1 million TF
• Information Technology Needs
○ Enterprise Data Infrastructure - $3.1 million TF
○ Security and Fraud Prevention - $2.5 million TF
○ Application Cloud Environment - $1.9 million TF
○ Software Licenses and Application - $1.7 million TF
○ Automated Phone System and Secure Payment Solution - $1.7 million TF
• Additional License Plates Purchase - $2.1 million TF
Department of Military Affairs
Total: $109.6 million [$63.5 million GR; $46.1 million TF]; 474 positions
• National Guard College Tuition Assistance Program - $1.0 million GR
• Armory Operations Expense - $1.4 million GR
• Armory Maintenance and Repair Statewide - $4.5 million GR
• REVAMP - $3.5 million nonrecurring GR
• Camp Blanding Upgrade to Level II Mobilization Force - $10 million GR
Department of State
Total: $178.6 million [$150.4 million GR; $28.2 million TF]; 447 positions
• Elections Issues
○ Voting System Automated Independent Audit Program - $4.5 million GR
○ Voter Assistance Hotline - $800,000
○ Reimbursement to Counties for Special Elections - $1.8 million GR
○ Advertising Proposed Constitutional Amendments - $1.5 million GR
• Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries - $446,010 GR
• Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network - $800,000 GR, 1 FTE
• Division of Corporation Call Center Services - $2.7 million GR
• Cultural Grants - $20 million GR
• Culture Builds Florida - $3.1 million GR
• Library Cooperative Grant Program - $1 million GR
• Historic Structure Renovation - $1.4 million GR
Department of Transportation
Total: $13.3 billion [$8.3 million GR; $13.2 billion TF]; 5,887 positions
• Small County Rural Assistance Program (SCRAP) – Additional recurring funding of $15.2 million TF
• Small County Outreach Program (SCOP) – Additional recurring funding of $20 million TF
• Transportation Work Program - $11.56 billion TF (2nd year of the FY 2027-31 Adopted Work Program)
• Replacement of Equipment – $13.8 million TF
• PALM Readiness - $14 million TF
• Data Infrastructure Modernization - $5.3 million TF
• Increased Operating Costs - $2 million TF
• Increased Support for Transportation Disadvantaged - $10 million TF
• Fixed Capital Outlay Projects –
○ Code Corrections -$10 million TF
○ Support Facilities - $8 million TF
○ Environmental Projects - $485,000 TF
Division of Emergency Management (Executive Office of the Governor)
Total: $224.6 million [$80.6 million GR; $143.9 million TF]; 221 positions
• Open Federally Declared Disasters
○ Funding to Communities - Revert and reappropriate language and Implementing Bill language to allow budget amendments
○ State Operations - $59.4 million TF with revert and reappropriate language and Implementing Bill language to allow budget amendments
• WebEOC Initiative - $500,000 GR and current year back of bill appropriation
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Swift Current Program – Revert and reappropriate language
• Alert and Notification System - $2.1 million GR
Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations
Total Budget: $8.9 billion [$1.9 billion GR; $1.3 billion LATF; $5.7 billion Other TF]; 20,455 positions
Major Issues
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Total: $2.9 billion [$678.0 million GR; $384.2 million LATF; $1.8 billion TF]; 3,832.25 positions
• Farmers Feeding Florida - $38.0 million GR
• Rural and Family Lands Protection Easements - $425.0 million [$225.0 million GR; $200.0 million LATF]
• Emergency Wildfire Management - $64.1 million GR
• Fire Suppression Equipment - $20.0 million
• New State Forest – 4 FTE; $1.9 million TF
• Reforestation Program - $4.0 million TF
• Land Management - $20.0 million GR
• Forestry Road and Bridges - $11.4 million GR
• Maintenance, Repair, and Construction - $7.5 million TF
• Code and Life Safety - $8.3 million GR
• Citrus Research and Support - $188.9 million [$180.0 million GR; $8.9 million TF]
• Food Safety Inspection – 8 FTE; $1.5 million GR
• Conner Lab Planning and Design - $11 million GR
• Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab – 8 FTE; $40.7 million GR
• Immokalee Field Station - $8.9 million GR
• Fuel Transfer Switch Modernization - $10.0 million GR
• Oyster Restoration - $4.0 million GR
• Mollusk Survey Program – 4 FTE; $1.6 million TF
• Office of Energy Programs - $22.1 million TF
• Florida State Fair - $9.5 million GR
Department of Citrus
Total: $39.6 million [$17.7 million GR; $21.9 million TF]; 28 positions
• Increase Advertising Campaigns - $5.0 million GR
• Citrus Recovery Program - $2.0 million GR
Department of Environmental Protection
Total: $2.46 billion [$480.2 million GR; $2 billion TF]; 3,129 positions
• Everglades Restoration - $638.6 million [$143.3 million GR; $495.3 million LATF]
○ Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) EAA - $424.7 million
○ CEPP North - $10.7 million
○ CEPP South - $15 million
○ Western Everglades Restoration Project - $20 million
○ Northern Everglades Restoration - $74.6 million
○ Lower Kissimmee Basin Stormwater Treatment Area - $38.6 million
○ Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project - $50 million
○ Dispersed Water Storage - $5 million
• Land Management - $33.2 million
○ WMD Land Management - $14.2 million LATF
○ DEP Land Management - $19 million [$10.0 million LATF; $9 million TF]
• Water Quality Improvements - $584.4 million
○ Areas of Critical State Concern - $25 million GR
○ Alternative Water Supply - $50 million GR
○ Innovative Technologies - $10 million GR
○ C-51 Reservoir - $60 million TF
○ Biscayne Bay WQI - $20 million GR
○ Indian River Lagoon WQI - $25 million GR
○ Total Maximum Daily Loads - $20 million GR
○ SJRWMD Taylor Creek Reservoir Water Supply Project - $25 million GR
○ NWFWMD Doctors Lake - $5 million GR
○ Water Projects - $379.9 million [$350.0 million TF; $79.9 million GR]
○ Non-Point Source Planning Grants - $14.5 million [$5 million GR; $9.5 million TF]
• Working Waterfronts Program - $2.5 million TF
• Red Tide Management - $3 million GR
• Petroleum Tanks Cleanup Program - $167 million
• Hazardous Waste and Dry Clean Site Cleanup - $26.0 million TF
• Wastewater and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Program – $569.2 million [$53.2 million GR; $516 million TF]
• Small County Solid Waste Management Grants - $3 million TF
• Small County Wastewater Treatment Grants - $10.7 million [$2.7 million GR; $8 million TF]
• Reef Protection Tire Abatement - $7 million TF
• Land and Water Conservation Grants - $15 million TF
• Recreational Trails Program - $3 million TF
• Deepwater Horizon Grants - $22.4 million TF
• State Parks Maintenance and Repairs - $46.5 million TF
• Beach Projects - $64.1 million [$50 million LATF; $14.1 million GR]
• Resilient Florida Planning Grants and Projects - $170 million TF
• Federal Drinking Water Emerging Contaminant Funding - $28.4 million TF
• Federal Wastewater Emerging Contaminant Funding - $7.6 million TF
Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Total: $587.9 million [$177.4 million GR; $410.5 million TF]; 2,159 positions
• Law Enforcement - $11 million GR
○ Vehicles and Vessels - $3 million GR
○ Equipment and Expenses - $4 million GR
○ Overtime - $4 million GR
• Derelict Vessel Removal - $4.9 million [$2.6 million GR; $2.3 million TF]
• Nuisance Wildlife Control - $4 million GR
• Boating Infrastructure Improvements - $8 million TF
• Enhanced Marine Fish Management - $2 million TF
• Blackwater Hatchery Renovation - $1.5 million LATF
• Land Management, Invasive Plant Control and Habitat Restoration - $25 million [$20 million GR; $5 million TF]
• Wildlife Restoration Grant Projects - $5 million TF
• Shooting Sports Facilities - $8.0 million FGTF
• Oyster Restoration and Monitoring - $10.9 million GR
Department of Business & Professional Regulation
Total: $306.7 million [$7 million GR; $299.7 million TF]; 1,645 positions
• Customer Experience Modernization System - $3.3 million TF
• Florida PALM Readiness - $0.5 million TF
Florida Gaming Control Commission
Total: $35.9 million TF; 208 positions
• Gaming Enforcement Staffing - 13 FTE; $3.3 million TF
Department of Financial Services
Total: $666.0 million [$98.2 million GR; $567.8 million TF]; 2,647.50 positions
• PALM (FLAIR Replacement) - 8 FTE; $43.1 million TF
• Information Technology Upgrades, Systems and Contract Increases - $9.7 million TF
• Law Enforcement, Fire Marshal and Disaster Response Training, Vehicles and, Technology Upgrades and Equipment - $.3 million TF
• State Fire College Repair and Maintenance - $3.1 million TF
• Additional Staffing to Protect Consumers and Promote Market Stability - 10 FTE; $1.4 million TF
• Implementation of HB 999 – Legal Tender - 5 FTE; $.7 million TF
• Veteran / First Responder Electroencephalogram Pilot Program - $10 million GR
• Workload Issues within Securities Industry Registration and Examination - 5 FTEs; $.7 million TF
• Local Government Fire and Firefighter Services - $54.4 million [$53.9 million GR; $32.5 million TF]
Department of the Lottery
Total: $240.2 million TF; 437 positions
• Increase in Technology, Contracted Services, Special Categories and Expenses –$.8 million TF
• Increase to Instant Ticket Purchase - $1.4 million TF
• Increase to Gaming System Contract - $2.3 million TF
Department of Management Services
Total Budget: $801.0 million [$139.7 million GR; $661.3 million TF]; 1,036.5 positions
• Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) Issues - $0.5 million TF
• FFP Fixed Capital Outlay - $41.0 million [$30.9 million GR; $10.2 million TF]
• FFP Specific Maintenance and Repairs Issues - $3 million GR
• Non-FRS Pension Benefits (Florida National Guard) - $1.9 million GR
• Florida PALM Readiness - $3.4 million [$2.6 million GR; $0.8 million TF]
• People First Resources for College System Integration - $1.5 million GR
• Emergency 911 Public Safety Answering Points Upgrade - $2.8 million GR
• SUNCOM Services Increase - $17.4 million TF
• E-Rate State Match Program - $1.0 million GR
• Local Government Cybersecurity Technical Assistance Grants - $15.0 million GR
• Public Employee Relations Commission Resources - $0.7 million TF
Division of Administrative Hearings
Total Budget: $40.3 million TF; 231 positions
Public Service Commission
Total: $32.2 million TF; 264 positions
Department of Revenue
Total: $845.1 million [$341.4 million GR; $503.7 million TF]; 4,837.25 positions
• Fiscally Constrained Counties - $75.2 million GR
• SUNTAX Transition to SAP S/4 - $3.8 million TF
• Child Support Program Increases - 10 FTE; 0.4 million in Rate
If approved by the Governor, or allowed to become law without the Governor's signature, these provisions take effect on July 1, 2026, except as otherwise provided, or, if these provisions fail to become a law until after that date, they shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate retroactively to July 1, 2026.
Vote: Senate 35-0; House 99-6