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Vote Yes if you want employers to pay trainees in work-based learning below Florida’s state minimum wage (but at least the federal minimum) for up to nine months, with signed waivers, parent consent for minors, and anti-coercion rules to expand on-the-job training.
Organizations that may support this bill include business associations, local chambers of commerce, industry training groups, and some community colleges or apprenticeship sponsors seeking flexible, lower-cost trainee programs.
Vote No if you want all workers, including interns and trainees, to keep Florida’s state minimum wage without opt-outs, limiting the use of lower trainee pay and reducing potential pressure on young or inexperienced workers.
Organizations that may oppose this bill include labor unions, worker and youth advocacy groups, anti-poverty organizations, and civil rights groups concerned about wage erosion and exploitation risk.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want parents to approve most medical care for minors, require consent for STD treatment and post-crisis services, expand parental control over school surveys and biofeedback use, and penalize providers that bypass parental consent.
Organizations that support this bill may include parental rights advocacy groups, conservative family policy organizations, some faith-based groups, and parent associations that favor stronger parental consent over student health care and data.
Vote No on this bill if you want minors to keep easier, confidential access to STD, mental health, and substance use services, preserve school flexibility on student surveys, and avoid added barriers that could delay treatment in sensitive situations.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include public health and medical associations, mental health and substance use providers, civil liberties and youth advocacy groups, LGBTQ+ rights organizations, and school counselor and social worker associations.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want every public school to form a SAFE Team, train staff, create student-specific quick guides, contact parents immediately, search campus first, and call 911 only when a child likely left and is at risk.
Disability advocacy groups, parent associations, school administrators, and school safety professionals may support this bill for creating standardized teams, training, and plans to quickly find and protect at-risk students.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new statewide requirements that may increase costs, expand school policing roles, and collect sensitive student information that could raise privacy issues.
Civil liberties and privacy advocates, budget watchdogs, and some educator or labor groups may oppose this bill over student data and GPS concerns, added workload, and unfunded mandates.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want owners and independent shops to get manuals, software tools, and fairly priced parts, including ways to reset security locks, leading to quicker, lower-cost repairs and more competition starting July 1, 2026.
Organizations that support this bill may include disability rights groups, consumer advocates, independent repair shops, and small-business associations seeking cheaper, faster repairs and more choice for users of wheelchairs and scooters.
Vote No on this bill if you want manufacturers to retain tighter control over repairs, limit third-party access to tools and parts, and prioritize authorized service channels to address safety, security, and intellectual property concerns.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include mobility device manufacturers, some authorized service networks, and industry groups worried about security, safety, and control over proprietary systems.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want counties to be able to use tourist development tax revenues to operate commuter rail, aiming to ease traffic, reduce pollution, and improve access to jobs and attractions without creating a new tax.
Organizations that support this bill may include regional transportation authorities, commuter rail operators, environmental and smart‑growth groups, and urban business coalitions seeking better mobility.
Vote No on this bill if you want tourist tax dollars reserved for traditional tourism uses such as marketing, venues, and beach projects, avoiding shifts of those funds to transit operations.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include hotel and lodging associations, tourism marketing boards and visitors bureaus, beach restoration and coastal groups, and taxpayer watchdog organizations concerned about fund diversion.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want a statewide process to challenge arbitrary local enforcement, require 30-day reviews, allow lawsuits within 180 days, award attorney fees and up to $50,000 in damages, protect whistleblowers, and preempt conflicting local policies.
Business and development associations, chambers of commerce, property rights groups, and home builders may support this bill for adding clear, uniform limits on local enforcement and providing legal recourse for unfair actions.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve stronger local control over code enforcement, avoid new lawsuits and damage awards against local agencies, and let cities and counties set their own review procedures.
City and county associations, environmental and neighborhood groups, tenant advocates, and public health and safety organizations may oppose this bill for weakening local control and risking reduced enforcement capacity.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want cities and counties to more easily allow small grocery stores that sell healthy foods in food deserts and to collect basic data to track access and outcomes.
Organizations that support this bill may include public health groups, anti-hunger nonprofits, community development organizations, and local governments focused on reducing food deserts.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit local zoning powers for these stores, avoid new reporting requirements on businesses, or leave food access changes to the market.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include business associations wary of new reporting rules, convenience and dollar store groups facing added competition, and limited-government or property-rights advocates.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to cap and itemize local housing fees, stop cities from blocking adjacent residential projects over compatibility, simplify infill approvals, and require a study on removing urban growth boundaries to assess housing costs and other impacts.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders and real estate groups, YIMBY and housing affordability advocates, chambers of commerce, property owners associations, and free-market policy groups that favor statewide limits on local fees and faster approvals.
Vote No on this bill if you want cities and counties to keep broader power to set development fees, deny or delay projects over local compatibility concerns, and maintain strong leverage to manage growth through tools like urban development boundaries without state preemption.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and smart-growth groups, local governments and planning associations, neighborhood and homeowner associations concerned about compatibility, and advocates for strong urban development boundaries.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want earlier public notice, clear appraisals, and stronger oversight when Florida sells or swaps conservation lands, with conservation easements preserved in exchanges.
Organizations that support this bill may include environmental and conservation nonprofits, open-government transparency coalitions, local watershed groups, and community watchdog organizations.
Vote No on this bill if you want fewer posting requirements and quicker, more flexible land sales or exchanges by the state and water districts, even with less public review.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include development and real estate interests seeking faster land deals, some large adjacent landowners, and agencies concerned about added paperwork and delays.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to set one uniform policy for water quality, water use, pollution control, and wetlands, with penalties for local governments that pass their own rules.
Organizations that support this bill may include statewide business and development associations, agricultural and industrial groups, and property rights advocates who favor uniform state rules and fewer local mandates.
Vote No on this bill if you want cities and counties to keep authority to adopt stricter local standards for water, pollution, and wetlands based on community needs.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and conservation groups, water quality advocates, and city and county associations concerned about losing local control and stronger protections.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want faster, by-right approval of infill housing, fewer design mandates on single- and two-family homes, limits on value-based fees, and less red tape that can speed construction and increase housing supply.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders, real estate developers, chambers of commerce, YIMBY and housing affordability advocates, and property rights groups.
Vote No on this bill if you want cities to keep stronger say over neighborhood compatibility and design, preserve public hearings on infill projects, allow broader fee and exaction tools, and slow growth to protect community character and infrastructure.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include city and county governments, planning and historic preservation groups, neighborhood associations, and environmental or smart-growth organizations concerned about local control and infrastructure impacts.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want quicker certification and approval of agricultural enclave housing projects, limits on local hurdles, automatic approval after 90 days, treatment as inside urban service areas, and a streamlined 180-day administrative review.
Organizations that support this bill may include home builders and real estate developers, chambers of commerce, property rights advocates, and housing affordability groups seeking faster approvals for residential projects on farm parcels already surrounded by development.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve stronger local planning authority over farmland, avoid automatic approvals and state preemption, reduce pressure to convert agricultural land to housing, and allow more time and public review for growth impacts.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental and farmland preservation groups, smart-growth advocates, and local government associations concerned about loss of local control, sprawl, and infrastructure burdens.