Florida SB 534: Insurance Representative Examination Requirements

Bill Text

534 
Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program 
2025-11-17T10:58:07Z 
Citing this act as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; establishing, subject to legislative appropriation, the pilot program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified period; requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to identify the three state universities or Florida College System institutions with the highest percentage of Pell Grant-eligible students for participation in the pilot program; providing requirements for participating universities and institutions, etc. 
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2026 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 534 

 By Senator Bernard 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Hunger-Free Campus Pilot 
 3 Program; providing a short title; establishing, 
 4 subject to legislative appropriation, the pilot 
 5 program within the Department of Agriculture and 
 6 Consumer Services for a specified period; providing 
 7 the purpose of the pilot program; defining the terms 
 8 “commissioner” and “department”; requiring the 
 9 Commissioner of Agriculture to identify the three 
 10 state universities or Florida College System 
 11 institutions with the highest percentage of Pell 
 12 Grant-eligible students for participation in the pilot 
 13 program; requiring the commissioner to develop a 
 14 specified survey instrument; providing requirements 
 15 for participating universities and institutions; 
 16 requiring participating universities and institutions 
 17 to submit a report to the department; requiring the 
 18 commissioner to submit a report to the Governor and 
 19 the Legislature by a specified date; specifying 
 20 requirements for the report; authorizing the 
 21 department to adopt rules; requiring the Office of 
 22 Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability 
 23 to conduct a study to evaluate food insecurity on the 
 24 campuses of state universities and Florida College 
 25 System institutions; providing requirements for the 
 26 office and the study; requiring the office to submit a 
 27 report to the Legislature by a specified date; 
 28 providing an effective date. 
 29 
 30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 31 
 32 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Hunger-Free Campus 
 33 Act.” 
 34 Section 2. (1) Subject to legislative appropriation, the 
 35 Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program is established within the 
 36 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to support 
 37 efforts to fight hunger on the campuses of public postsecondary 
 38 educational institutions. The pilot program is established for a 
 39 period of 1 year, beginning July 1, 2026. 
 40 (2) For purposes of this section, the term: 
 41 (a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture. 
 42 (b) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and 
 43 Consumer Services. 
 44 (3)(a) The commissioner shall identify from among all state 
 45 universities and Florida College System institutions the three 
 46 that have the highest percentage of Pell Grant-eligible 
 47 students, which universities or institutions shall participate 
 48 in the pilot program. 
 49 (b) The commissioner shall also develop the survey 
 50 instrument described in subsection (4). 
 51 (4) A participating state university or Florida College 
 52 System institution shall: 
 53 (a) Establish a hunger task force, which must include 
 54 representatives from the student body and meet at least three 
 55 times during the life of the pilot program. The task force shall 
 56 set at least two goals to address hunger on campus, each 
 57 accompanied by an action plan. 
 58 (b) Designate a staff member responsible for assisting 
 59 students with enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition 
 60 Assistance Program (SNAP) as defined in s. 414.456(1), Florida 
 61 Statutes. 
 62 (c) Provide options that enable students to use SNAP 
 63 benefits on campus or provide students with information on 
 64 authorized SNAP retailers in the area surrounding the campus 
 65 where they may use SNAP electronic benefit transfer cards. 
 66 (d) Host an activity or event during Hunger and 
 67 Homelessness Awareness Week to promote awareness of hunger on 
 68 the nation’s campuses. 
 69 (e) Provide at least one physical food pantry on campus or 
 70 enable students to receive food at no cost through a stigma-free 
 71 process. The campus may partner with a local food bank or food 
 72 pantry to comply with this paragraph. 
 73 (f) Develop a student meal credit donation program or 
 74 designate funds that might be raised through such a program for 
 75 free food vouchers. 
 76 (g) Conduct a student survey on hunger, using a survey 
 77 instrument developed by the commissioner, and submit the results 
 78 of the survey and a best practices campus profile to the 
 79 department by a date prescribed by the department for inclusion 
 80 in a comparative profile