SB 534: Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program

GENERAL BILL by Bernard; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Osgood

Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program; Citing this act as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; establishing, subject to legislative appropriation, the pilot program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified period; requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to identify the three state universities or Florida College System institutions with the highest percentage of Pell Grant-eligible students for participation in the pilot program; providing requirements for participating universities and institutions, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/17/2025 03:58 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 391 by Chambliss, Rayner Public Postsecondary Reports on Pell Grant Eligibility and Food Insecurity Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Education Administration Subcommittee	Compare

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Agriculture (Pre-Meeting)   1/12/2026
  • Agriculture (Post-Meeting)   1/13/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  1/13/2026 1:30 PM	S 534	Agriculture	4 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/17/2025	S	• Filed
  12/1/2025	S	• Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  1/8/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
  1/13/2026	S	• Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government • Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government