Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SB 2502: Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act

Third Reading · April 9, 2025 · Yeas 37, nays 0

What the bill does

The bill implements the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act. It requires a carry forward spending plan to commit certain excess reserve balances to specified projects, revises the duties of the Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami Dade College, and extends for 1 fiscal year an exemption of certain medical marijuana rules from certain rulemaking requirements, among other changes.

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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act: Requiring a carry forward spending plan to commit certain excess reserve balances to specified projects in a specified manner; revising the duties of the Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami Dade College; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment to realign Medicaid funding for specified purposes, subject to certain limitations; extending for 1 fiscal year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; revising the Quality Incentive Program payment pool percentage for the reimbursement of Medicaid providers, etc.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 10 · Nay 0
Republicans
Yea 26 · Nay 0 · Not voting 1
No party
Yea 1 · Nay 0

Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.

Bill

Bill
SB 2502
Motion
Third Reading
Date
April 9, 2025, 12:14 PM
Session
2025 Regular Session
Presiding
Passidomo
Yeas–nays
Yeas 37, nays 0; 1 didn't vote (1 excused, 0 abstained)

Official vote record (PDF) ↗
The bill on flsenate.gov ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted