FloridaRural Communities
What it does
Rural Communities; Requiring the state land planning agency to give preference for technical assistance funding to local governments located in a rural area of opportunity; revising the conditions required for a county to be considered a fiscally constrained county; creating the Office of Rural Prosperity within the Department of Commerce; requiring the Office of Rural Prosperity to administer the Renaissance Grants Program to provide block grants to eligible communities; creating the Public Infrastructure Smart Technology Grant Program within the Office of Rural Prosperity; creating the Florida Arterial Road Modernization Program within the Department of Transportation, etc.
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APPROPRIATION: $144,813,977
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 13Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2026-167)Died
- Jan 14In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 14Immediately certified
- Jan 14Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Jan 14Read 3rd timeMinor
- Jan 14Amendment(s) adopted (211610, 655052)
- Jan 14Read 2nd timeMinor
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/14/26
- 2025
- Dec 10Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Dec 10Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0Minor
- Dec 1On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Nov 21Referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Nov 20FiledIntroduced
- Dec 10Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading