HB 293 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Office of Faith and Community

Summary

Office of Faith and Community; Establishes Office of Faith & Community within EOG for specified purpose; specifies duties of Office of Faith & Community; provides for appointment of liaison for faith & community; specifies duties of liaison for faith & community; provides that Office of Faith & Community provides administrative support to Florida Faith-Based & Community-Based Advisory Council.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 293 Filed → H 293 c1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a filed version to a committee substitute version, with minor spacing adjustments in the header and section numbering. The substantive policy content regarding the creation of the Office of Faith and Community remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from 'HB 293' to 'CS/HB 293' (Committee Substitute) and adjusted spacing in the title block.

Minor spacing adjustments in section numbers and text alignment throughout the document.

Floor votes · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

24–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 26

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic7

6 Yea 1

85% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of State Affairs Committee

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by State Affairs Committee

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

lower

Apr 7, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (24-0-2)

house

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in State Affairs Committee

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors