Florida · Senate Bill 980 · 2025 Regular Session

Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program

SB 980 Sponsored by Mack Bernard Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 21, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 28, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  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.

Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program ; Citing this act as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; establishing 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…

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Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program ; Citing this act as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; establishing 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; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a study to evaluate food insecurity on the campuses of state universities and Florida College System institutions, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy · Senate Agriculture
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Agriculture
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 · Senate Agriculture6–0 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  7. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Roll calls

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

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 11, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 Passed 6–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Independent.

All 1 cosponsor

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.