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CS/SB 1280: Military Affairs

GENERAL BILL by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security ; Collins

Military Affairs; Redesignating the official state flagship as the S.S. American Victory; updating a reference to federal law relating to the designation of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as the state approving agency for veterans’ education and training; renaming the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program administered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., as the Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; requiring Florida is for Veterans, Inc., and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to enter into a grant agreement, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,500,000

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/27/2025 Senate - CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/26/2025 Senate • Filed
3/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/25/2025 Senate • CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
3/26/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
3/27/2025 Senate • CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time