Preferences for Veterans and Military Spouses

What it does

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

Preferences for Veterans and Military Spouses; Requiring the state and its political subdivisions to give preference in appointment and retention in positions of employment to the spouses of wartime veterans, veterans, members of any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or the Florida National Guard, and certain active duty servicemembers; defining the term “veteran-owned or military spouse-owned business”; providing for contracting preferences for such businesses; citing this act as the "Florida Veterans and Military Spouse Business Development Act", etc.

Every action

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

1. Feb 25, 2025SenateFiled
2. Mar 3, 2025CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations · Senate Commerce and Tourism
3. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. Mar 12, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
5. Mar 17, 2025CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Commerce and Tourism9–0 vote
6. Mar 18, 2025SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
7. Mar 18, 2025CommitteeNow in Finance and Tax · Senate Finance and Tax
8. Mar 19, 2025CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time · Senate Commerce and Tourism
9. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
10. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Finance and Tax · Senate Finance and Tax

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Shevrin D. "Shev" JonesD Primary sponsor · District 34
• Ca Commerce and Tourism Sponsoring committee