Florida · Senate Bill 480 · 2025 Regular Session

Nonprofit Agricultural Organization Medical Benefit Plans

SB 480 Sponsored by Nick DiCeglie Became law

  1. Introduced Feb 4, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 20, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor May 16, 2025
  6. Became law May 21, 2025

What it does

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

Defining the term “nonprofit agricultural organization”; authorizing nonprofit agricultural organizations to provide medical benefit plans; specifying that such plans are not insurance for purposes of the Florida Insurance Code; prohibiting the nonprofit agricultural organization from marketing or selling a medical benefit plan through specified agents, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 27 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Rules · Senate Banking and Insurance
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/03/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed · Senate Banking and Insurance
  4. SenateIntroduced
  5. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/10/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Banking and Insurance
  6. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Banking and Insurance10–0 vote
  7. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  8. CommitteeNow in Commerce and Tourism · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  10. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time · Senate Banking and Insurance
  11. CommitteeFavorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 · Senate Commerce and Tourism6–3 vote
  12. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  14. CommitteeCS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2 · Senate Rules22–2 vote
  15. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  16. CommitteeCS/CS by Rules read 1st time · Senate Rules
  17. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  18. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
  19. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 318
  20. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 318
  21. SenateCS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 4 -SJ 31832–4 vote
  22. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 330
  23. HouseIn Messages
  24. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  25. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  26. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  27. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-54

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 4 -SJ 318 · Full Senate

32–4
Apr 3, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 32 No 4 Not voting 2
Democrats: 6 yes, 4 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 25 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 32

No · 4

Not voting · 2

Passage · Full House

114–0
Apr 29, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 114 No 0 Not voting 5
Democrats: 30 yes, 0 no Republicans: 84 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 114

Not voting · 5

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 10, 2025 Senate committee CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 Passed 10–0
Mar 17, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 Passed 6–3
Mar 26, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2 Passed 22–2

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Nick DiCeglieR Primary sponsor · District 18
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • Ba Banking and Insurance Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.