SB 1144 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Hope Florida

Summary

Hope Florida; Creating the "Hope Florida Act"; creating the Hope Florida Office within the Executive Office of the Governor; providing eligibility requirements for Hope Florida participants; requiring the office to designate a state agency to perform certain functions; requiring that Hope Navigators be embedded in communities for specified purposes, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Immigration

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 1144 Filed → S 1144 c1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised from a Senate filing to a committee substitute version that significantly reorganized the statutory structure, moved the program from the Florida Statutes to a new Chapter 23, and added specific eligibility requirements including age restrictions and citizenship status. The committee version also expanded the list of participating state agencies and clarified the role of Hope Navigators as embedded community resources.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from creating a single section (s. 14.37) to creating a new Part IV of Chapter 23 containing five new sections (ss. 23.41-23.45), and the program was renamed from 'Hope Florida program' to 'Hope Florida' with a new short title 'Hope Florida Act'.

STRUCTURE

Changed the statutory location from s. 14.37 to a new Part IV of Chapter 23 containing ss. 23.41-23.45.

ELIGIBILITY

Added specific eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status, age restrictions (18+, or 16+ if emancipated), and parental consent for minors.

REQUIREMENT

Added explicit requirement that participation in Hope Florida is voluntary.

Expanded the list of participating state agencies to include 10 specific agencies such as DCF, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and Department of Education.

Added specific requirement that Hope Navigators must be embedded within communities to serve as catalysts and single point of contact.

DEFINITION

Added new definitions for 'Office' and 'Participant' and modified the definition of 'Care plan' to clarify it is developed for participants rather than containing information provided by the individual.

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Committee

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed

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Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors