Florida · Senate Bill 420 · 2025 Regular Session

Official Actions of Local Governments

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 7, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Dec 31, 2025

What it does

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

Official Actions of Local Governments; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from funding or promoting or taking official action as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion; providing that a county commissioner, a member of the governing body of a municipality, or any other county or municipal official who violates certain provisions commits misfeasance or malfeasance in office; requiring potential recipients of county and municipal contracts and grants to make a certain certification to the county or municipality before being awarded such contract or grant, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Community Affairs
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/17/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Community Affairs
  5. CommitteeCS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 · Senate Community Affairs5–3 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
  8. CommitteeCS by Community Affairs read 1st time · Senate Community Affairs
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed · Senate Judiciary
  10. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  11. CommitteeDied in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary

Roll calls

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

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 17, 2025 Senate Community Affairs CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
Members

Yes · 5

No · 3

5–3

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Clay YarboroughR Primary sponsor · District 4
  • CA Community Affairs Sponsoring committee

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