# Florida HB 859: School Readiness Program

Florida HB 859, School Readiness Program, is a 2025 House bill sponsored by Chase Tramont (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-06-16 (Died in returning Messages); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB859-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida HB 859
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: School Readiness Program
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-20
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Died in returning Messages
- Sponsor: Chase Tramont (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Administration Subcommittee, PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee, Education & Employment Committee, House Calendar, Rules
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (152 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Chase Tramont (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Education & Employment Committee
- Cosponsor: PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
- Cosponsor: Dana Trabulsy (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 114 | 0 |   |

## Actions (47)

- 2025-06-16: Died in returning Messages (House)
- 2025-05-03: Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration (House)
- 2025-04-30: In Possession List (House)
- 2025-04-30: Temporarily postponed, on Senate message list (House)
- 2025-04-30: Senate Message List (House)
- 2025-04-29: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-29: CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 637 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time -SJ 637 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Amendment(s) adopted (766134) -SJ 636 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time -SJ 636 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Substituted for CS/SB 1382 -SJ 636 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 636 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Received (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Referred to Rules (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: In Messages (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-24: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-24: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-24: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-24: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-17: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2025-04-17: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-17: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-17: CS Filed (House)
- 2025-04-17: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House)
- 2025-04-17: Reported out of Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2025-04-17: Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2025-04-15: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2025-04-15: Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda (House)
- 2025-04-15: Now in Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2025-04-15: Referred to Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2025-04-14: CS Filed (House)
- 2025-04-14: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House)
- 2025-04-14: Reported out of PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-04-14: Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-04-10: Added to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee agenda (House)
- 2025-03-28: Now in PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-28: Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-27: Favorable by Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-25: Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda (House)
- 2025-03-04: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House)
- 2025-03-02: Now in Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-02: Referred to Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2025-03-02: Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-02: Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-20: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- c2, 2025-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/859/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-04-14: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/859/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-20: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/859/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/859/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/859/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/859/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB859-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).
