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Florida’s Legislative Process

This session equips participants with essential knowledge about Florida's legislative process. You'll learn to locate your local legislators, understand their committee responsibilities, and recognize the differences between Senate and House Bills. The session emphasizes the importance of committee meeting reports and provides guidance on selecting current bills to support, along with strategies for effective communication with legislators. By the end of the session, you'll have a clear plan of action to engage in the legislative process and advocate for your community’s interests.

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Florida’s Legislative Process

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  1. Florida’s Legislative Process

  2. Session Goals • After completing this session, you will be able to: • Indicate where to find your local legislators and their committee responsibilities. • Name an alternate web source used to track important Florida legislative efforts. • Recognize the differences between a Senate Bill and a House Bill. • State the importance of a committee meeting report. • Select current bills to support and outline a plan of action.

  3. Find You Local Legislators • For Senators: access flsenate.gov > Senators>Find Your Legislator ·Website lists five ways to find local legislators • For Representatives: access myfloridahouse.gov >Find Your Legislator ·Fill in your address, city and zip in the blanks provided to find your local legislators

  4. Tips for Contacting Your Legislator • Contact your legislator before the Legislature takes action • Use a variety of communication methods (telephone, write, email, fax, or visit) • Tell your legislator what specific effects the legislation will have on you, your children, your business, your community • Be polite and suggest a course of action

  5. Alternate Web Source • Online Sunshine ·Access both Senate web site and House web site from this site ·Great for big picture overview

  6. Senate Bill vs House Bill • Senate Bills: access flsenate.gov > Session >Bills • House Bills and Senate Bills: access myfloridahouse.gov > Bills

  7. Finding Legislator’s Committee(s) • Access flsenate.gov > Senators>Find Your Legislator>Legislator • Access myfloridahouse.gov >Representatives> Find Your Representative>Find Representative • Committee(s) membership for each legislator listed on individual legislator page

  8. Committee Meeting Reports • Gives time, date, location for meeting and attendance of committee members • Contains bill description, any action already taken by other committees, and the action taken by the committee that is meeting • Access Senate: flsenate.gov > Committees>Committee Reports • Access House: myfloridahouse.gov >Councils & Committees

  9. Plan of Action • Choose bill to support • Determine legislator(s) who authored and/or sponsored bill • List committees that bill will flow through • Decide which form of communication to use • Communicate with bill author(s), bill sponsor(s), committee chairs, committee members, and your local legislator • Follow progress of bill and be aware when instant action showing support may be needed to push bill forward

  10. Review • You have learned how to: • Indicate where to find your local legislators and their committee responsibilities. • Name an alternate web source used to track important Florida legislative efforts. • Recognize the differences between a Senate Bill and a House Bill. • State the importance of a committee meeting report. • Select current bills to support and outline a plan of action.

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