CS/CS/HB 1059

Florida House bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 11, 2026.

Speech and Debate Education.

Bill ID FL-2026-HB-1059

Session 2026

Status in_committee

Committee Student Academic Success Subcommittee Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee Referred to Education & Employment Committee Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee

House in_committee 2026-03-11

Education Tax / Budget / Appropriations

Summary

Speech and Debate Education; Designates Florida Speech & Debate Week annually in February; subject to legislative appropriation, establishing Florida Debate Initiative, Inc., (FDI) as statewide speech & debate organization that performs certain functions in support of Florida Civics & Debate Initiative (FCDI) in DOE; provides duties of FDI & FCDI.

Sponsor

Education & Employment Committee

Official Source Back to Bills

Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-01-13	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-03-11	Status	in_committee
2026-03-11	Latest Action	House - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1062

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