Florida · House Bill 197 · 2025 Regular Session

Council on Social Status of Black Men and Boys

HB 197 Sponsored by Kevin D. Chambliss and Webster Barnaby Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 15, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 22, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Council on Social Status of Black Men and Boys; Revises quorum requirements for Council on Social Status of Black Men & Boys; authorizes members to appear by communications media technology; provides that members who appear by such technology are considered present & may be counted toward quorum requirement.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  6. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.