STATE BUDGET

Florida operates on an annual budget cycle. The state’s fiscal year begins on July 1 with budget hearings beginning October and ending on June 30th of the following year. The legislature adopts a budget in April/May, which is required to pass by a simple majority, and becomes effective for the fiscal year beginning in July.

STATE LEGISLATURE

New Florida Legislative sessions begin each year.  Florida has a part-time legislature, meeting in an annual 60 day session each year, beginning on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in odd-numbered years and on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in January in even-numbered years.  Each year during which the Legislature meets constitutes a new Legislative Session; bills do not carry over from year to year.  Special Legislative Sessions may be called by the governor, by a joint proclamation of the Senate president and House speaker, or by a three-fifths vote of all Legislators. The Florida Senate has 40 members elected to four-year staggered terms.  The Florida House of Representatives has 120 members elected to two-year terms. Florida has eight-year term limits, but members can be elected again after a two-year break.

KEY RESOURCES

• Florida State Legislature
• Florida Office of the Attorney General
• Florida Governor
• Information on Healthcare Policy in Florida
• Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
• FloridaHealthFinder.gov

2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

Florida considered HB485 and SB942 which would have voided an expansive range of noncompete agreements, but the bills died.