# Florida SB 820: Office of Faith and Community

Florida SB 820, Office of Faith and Community, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Clay Yarborough (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-06-16 (Died in Messages) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB820-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 820
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Office of Faith and Community
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-18
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Died in Messages
- Sponsor: Clay Yarborough (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (42 yes, 31 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: Clay Yarborough (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | fail | 13 | 23 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 14 | 4 |   |
| 2025-04-15 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Vote | pass | 9 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-06-16: Died in Messages (House)
- 2025-05-03: Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration (House)
- 2025-04-24: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-24: CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 9 -SJ 534 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Read 3rd time -SJ 534 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Amendment(s) failed (312686) -SJ 534 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Read 2nd time -SJ 534 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 4 (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 3 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-18: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/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
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/820/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-SB820-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).