HB 259 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Special Observances

Summary

Special Observances; Designates August 21 of each year as "Fentanyl Awareness & Education Day"; encourages specified entities & public schools to sponsor events to promote awareness of dangers of fentanyl & potential overdoses, including education on specified topics.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed May 23, 2025

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H 259 Filed → H 259 er · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was finalized and enrolled for publication, marking its transition from a filed draft to an official enrolled version. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content, scope, or requirements.

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Header metadata was updated to reflect the bill's enrolled status, changing the document identifier from 'hb259-00' to 'hb259 -00-er' and adding 'ENROLLED' labels to the title pages.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 24, 2025 · House Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 38

Apr 24, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

25 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 23, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 11 co-sponsors