Florida Senate Bill 290
Session 2026
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Oct 24, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
290
State
Florida
Session
2026
Agriculture
grade
Primary
checkPassed on December 2, 2025
Motion Text
Favorable with Committee Substitute
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from enacting or enforcing any law that restricts or prohibits the use of gasoline-powered farm equipment or gasoline-powered landscape equipment or that distinguishes such equipment from any other equipment under certain circumstances; requiring the Acquisition and Restoration Council to determine whether certain surplused lands are suitable for bona fide agricultural purposes; establishing the Food Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program; revising the Florida Forest Service powers, authority, and duties; authorizing the Forest Service to manage the Welaka Training Center; establishing the Farmers Feeding Florida Program for specified purposes; limiting the number of incorporated state fair associations per county; prohibiting the possession, manufacture, sale, importation, distribution, or use of a signal jamming device, etc.
Bill Analysis -- Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) (12/1/2025 3:13 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Agriculture (Post-Meeting) (12/3/2025 4:33 PM)
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12/05/2025
Senate
Now in Fiscal Policy
12/04/2025
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/02/2025
Senate
CS by Agriculture; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
11/24/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 12/02/25, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Agriculture; Fiscal Policy; Rules
10/24/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
FL Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Nov 4, 2025 10:24:05 AM
Record Updated
Dec 8, 2025 9:30:00 AM