2025 Florida Legislative Session
Session
The Florida Legislature meets in session every year for sixty consecutive days. A regular session of the legislature shall convene on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd-numbered year, and on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in January of each even-numbered year. There are other ways in which the Legislature may be convened as outlined in Article III, Section 3, of the Florida Constitution, including special sessions, which may be called either by the Governor; or by a joint proclamation issued by the Senate President and House Speaker. An extension of regular session or special session requires a three-fifths vote of each house.
2025 REGULAR SESSION DATES (FLORIDA SENATE)
August 2, 2024 Deadline for filing claim bills (Senate Rule 4.81(2)
January 24, 2025. 5:00 p.m. — All requests for drafts of general bills, memorials, and joint resolutions,
including requests for companion bills must be submitted
February 28,2025 5:00 p.m. — All drafts of general bills, memorials, and joint resolutions, including drafts
for companion bills, must be approved to file in final form
March 4,2025 Regular Session convenes (Article III, section 3(b), State Constitution)
12:00 noon, deadline for filing bills for introduction (Senate Rule 3.7(1))
April 19, 2025 Motion to reconsider made and considered the same day (Senate Rule 6.4(4))
All bills are immediately certified (Senate Rule 6.8)
April 22, 2025 50th day – Last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings (Senate Rule 2.9(2))
May 2,2025 60th day – Last day of Regular Session (Article III, section 3(d), State Constitution)
FLORIDA HOUSE SCHEDULE
Florida House Interim Calendar can be found at:
