Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

HB 273 (CS/CS/SB 214): Special District Funding

Third Reading · March 6, 2026 · Yeas 34, nays 0

What the bill does

The bill revises agency agreements that provide state financial assistance to include specified special districts among the entities for which an agency may provide for payment of invoices under specified circumstances, and requires state agencies to expedite payment requests from certain counties, municipalities and special districts for a specified purpose, among other provisions.

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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Special District Funding: Revising agency agreements that provide state financial assistance to recipients or subrecipients to include specified special districts as an entity to which such agency may provide for the payment of invoices under specified circumstances; providing construction; requiring state agencies to expedite payment requests from certain counties, municipalities, and special districts for a specified purpose, etc.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 8 · Nay 0 · Not voting 3
Republicans
Yea 25 · Nay 0 · Not voting 2
No party
Yea 1 · Nay 0

Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.

Bill
CS/HB 273 (CS/CS/SB 214)
Motion
Third Reading
Date
March 6, 2026, 03:59 PM
Session
2026 Regular Session
Presiding
Brodeur
Yeas–nays
Yeas 34, nays 0; 5 didn't vote (5 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

Yea (34)

Excused (5)