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IntroducedNov 20, 2025
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Passed SenateJan 14, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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. APPROPRIATION: $144,813,977
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- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (211610, 655052)
- Read 3rd time
- Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/14/26
- Dec 10, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Dec 01, 2025 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Nov 21, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Appropriations
- Nov 20, 2025 | Senate
- Filed


