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

Current Bill Version Posted: 3/26/2025 04:56 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (10)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1282 by Collins Public Records/Veterans Florida Opportunity Program Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services	Linked
  H 1241 by Redondo Veterans Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee	Similar
  H 559 by Gonzalez Pittman Designation of the Official State Flagship Last Action: 2/25/2025 H Withdrawn prior to introduction	Compare
  H 1043 by Plakon Veterans Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 116	Compare
  H 1291 by Redondo Pub. Rec./Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee	Compare
  S 116 (er) by Burgess Veterans Last Action: 6/23/2025 Chapter No. 2025-146	Compare
  S 804 by Collins Designation of the Official State Flagship Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security	Compare
  S 1290 (c2) by Collins Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died on Calendar	Compare
  S 1348 (c3) by Trumbull Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Last Action: 4/29/2025 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 961 -SJ 617	Compare
  S 1662 (er) by Collins Transportation Last Action: 6/23/2025 Chapter No. 2025-155	Compare

• Citations - Statute (8)

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  15.0465	Official state flagship.	Page 3 [pdf]
  295.124	State approving agency for veterans’ education and training.	Page 3 [pdf]
  295.21	Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.	Page 3 [pdf]
  295.22	Veterans Employment and Training Services Program.	Page 4 [pdf]
  295.25		Page 13 [pdf]
  320.084	Free motor vehicle license plate to certain disabled veterans.	Page 13 [pdf]
  322.21	License fees; procedure for handling and collecting fees.	Page 15 [pdf]
  394.47891	Veterans treatment court programs.	Page 16 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/26/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/20/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
  3/25/2025	S	• CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
  3/26/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  3/27/2025	S	• CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
  5/3/2025	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  6/16/2025	S	• Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services