Florida legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Florida H949: Wireless Communications Devices on School Grounds
Status: Failed, June 16, 2025
Prohibits students from using wireless communications devices during school day, rather than during instructional time; requires district school boards to adopt rules for the use of such devices in certain locations or by certain students, etc.
Sponsors
- Busatta, Demi (R, HD-114) · primary sponsor
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
- Overdorf, Toby (R, HD-085)
- Plasencia, Susan (R, HD-037)
- Rizo, Alex (R, HD-112)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
- Valdés, Susan (R, HD-064)
Votes
- House: Third Reading RCS#95 (April 16, 2025): 117 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Education & Employment Committee (April 2, 2025): 19 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Education Administration Subcommittee (March 11, 2025): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H949?
- H949 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Wireless Communications Devices on School Grounds.
- What does H949 do?
- Prohibits students from using wireless communications devices during school day, rather than during instructional time; requires district school boards to adopt rules for the use of such devices in certain locations or by certain students, etc.
- What is the status of H949?
- Failed as of June 16, 2025.
- Who sponsored H949?
- Busatta, Demi (R, HD-114), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H949?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/949
Source: official Florida record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.