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S0534Introduced in the Senate

Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program

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Introduced by Mackenson Bernard, District 24

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Citing this act as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; establishing, subject to legislative appropriation, the pilot program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified period; requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to identify the three state universities or Florida College System institutions with the highest percentage of Pell Grant-eligible students for participation in the pilot program; providing requirements for participating universities and institutions, etc.

Where it stands

Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Agriculture · January 13, 2026

4

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Colleen Burton12Yes
Keith Truenow13Absent
Darryl Rouson16Yes
Mackenson Bernard24Yes
Erin Grall29Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

  3. On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

  4. Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 4 NAYS 0

  5. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  6. Introduced

  7. Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

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