Legislative Session 2025

Forward is committed to allowing candidates to formulate positions on all issues without adhering to a party platform or litmus tests.  We also are committed to improving the incentives that drive the integrity of elections and governance.  

Our Legislative Agenda, then, focuses on bills before the Florida Legislature that may enhance or detract from these incentives.  We will advocate for the support of or opposition to such bills. Individual Forwardists may hold a different view which, of course, we will respect.

Tap the links below for analysis and calls to action on specific bills:

House Bill 1205: Initiative Petitions for Constitutional Amendments - OPPOSE (***UPDATE*** Has been signed into law)

Senate Bill 588: Campaign Communications - SUPPORT

Senate Bill 208: Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote - OPPOSE

SJR 802: Term Limits for Members of Boards of County Commissioners and District School Boards - SUPPORT

Additionally, our Policy Team recommends support or opposition for these bills, with links to the bill text:

Senate Bill 280: Candidate Qualification (Providing eligibility requirements for persons seeking to qualify for nomination as candidates of a political party or as candidates with no party affiliation) - OPPOSE

Senate Bill 216: Campaign Finance (Bans state agencies from using state money to advocate for or against any matter that is the subject of a constitutional amendment or revision, etc.) - SUPPORT

Senate Bill 72: Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses (Allows a candidate’s campaign funds to be used to pay for campaign-related childcare expenses) - SUPPORT

House Bill 637: Term limits for state representatives and state senators (Amendment of State Constitution to revise term limits applicable to state representatives & state senators) - SUPPORT