Appropriations Committee, Florida State Senate
The Appropriations Committee is a standing committee of the Florida State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Florida State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate.[1] The rules do not specify when or how often committees are assigned. The President shall appoint a chair and vice-chair for each standing committee and subcommittee.[2] A majority makes up a committee's quorum.[3]
See rules: Rules and Manual 2020-2022
Function
| “ | The Appropriations Committee annually prepares the state’s budget through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) and has jurisdiction over legislation having a fiscal impact, affecting revenues, or containing an appropriation. The GAA determines the amounts state agencies, the Legislature, and the state court system may spend for salaries, personnel, contracted services, expenses, and fixed capital outlay and provides funding for public schools, Florida colleges, and state universities each fiscal year. The committee also develops and recommends to the Senate the implementing bill and conforming bills, as needed, to facilitate implementation of the GAA. During the interim, the committee reviews all Executive Branch and Judicial Branch budget amendments in accordance with Chapter 216 and other statutes governing the state budgetary process.
The committee provides staff for the Legislative Budget Commission. Committee staff also serves as principals of statutorily created Consensus Estimating Conferences affecting the state budget and, in conjunction with staff from the House Appropriations Committee, develops the constitutionally required Three Year Financial Outlook, which the Legislative Budget Commission must approve each year by September 15th.[4][5] |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(1) |
Jay Collins (R) left this committee on August 12, 2025. [Source]
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(1) |
2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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Tom Lee (R) left this committee on November 03, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (12) | |||
| • Lauren Book | • Jack Latvala, Chair | |||
| • Randolph Bracy III | • Anitere Flores, Vice chair | |||
| • Oscar Braynon | • Aaron Bean | |||
| • Audrey Gibson | • Lizbeth Benacquisto | |||
| • Bill Montford | • Rob Bradley | |||
| • Bobby Powell | • Jeff Brandes | |||
| • George Gainer | ||||
| • Bill Galvano | ||||
| • Denise Grimsley | ||||
| • David Simmons | ||||
| • Wilton Simpson | ||||
| • Kelli Stargel | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • Arthenia Joyner | • Tom Lee, Chair | |||
| • Gwen Margolis | • Lizbeth Benacquisto, Vice chair | |||
| • Bill Montford | • Thad Altman | |||
| • Jeremy Ring | • Anitere Flores | |||
| • Christopher Smith | • Don Gaetz | |||
| • Bill Galvano | ||||
| • Rene Garcia | ||||
| • Denise Grimsley | ||||
| • Alan Hays | ||||
| • Dorothy L. Hukill | ||||
| • Jack Latvala | ||||
| • Joe Negron | ||||
| • Garrett Richter | ||||
| • David Simmons | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (12) | |||
| • Arthenia Joyner | • Joe Negron, Chair | |||
| • Gwen Margolis | • Lizbeth Benacquisto, Vice chair | |||
| • Bill Montford | • Aaron Bean | |||
| • Jeremy Ring | • Rob Bradley | |||
| • Christopher Smith | • Bill Galvano | |||
| • Eleanor Sobel | • Andy Gardiner | |||
| • Denise Grimsley | ||||
| • Alan Hays | ||||
| • Dorothy L. Hukill | ||||
| • Tom Lee | ||||
| • Garrett Richter | ||||
| • John Thrasher | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Florida Senate, "Rules and Manual 2020-2022," November 17, 2020(Rule 1.5)
- ↑ The Florida Senate, "Rules and Manual 2020-2022," November 17, 2020(Rule 2.20)
- ↑ The Florida Senate, "Rules and Manual 2020-2022," November 17, 2020(Rule 2.17)
- ↑ Florida State Senate, "Subject Area Trends for Senate Committees," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
