# Florida SB 1594: Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients

Florida SB 1594, Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Don Gaetz (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in returning Messages) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1594-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1594
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-09
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in returning Messages
- Sponsor: Don Gaetz (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, Fiscal Policy, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (177 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: Don Gaetz (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 19 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2026-03-13: Died in returning Messages (House)
- 2026-03-12: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-12: Refused to concur, requested House to recede -SJ 854 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-09: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-09: Amendment 769955 adopted (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-05: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-25: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-25: Immediately certified -SJ 437 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 437 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Read 3rd time -SJ 437 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Read 2nd time -SJ 437 (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-01-09: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Filed, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1594/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1594/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1594/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1594/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1594-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).