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Florida Legislative Advocacy Training

Ready to strengthen your understanding and increase your political skill set? Watch this excellent video tutorial.

Understand how the Florida Legislature works
Research your elected officials including related Committees and sponsored bills
Learn how to look up bills on the Florida House and Senate websites

Video Chapters for Legislative Advocacy Training

Use these links to quickly jump to an area of interest.

00:00 Introductions and Set Up
03:00 Welcome
03:09 Agenda
04:03 How Florida Government Works
05:04 How a Law is Made in Florida
06:25 Important Florida Legislative 2025 Dates
08:06 Finding and Tracking Florida Legislation and Bills
08:35 How to Find your State of Florida Senator
09:06 How to Find your Florida State Senator's Committees and Sponsored Legislation
10:00 How to Find a Bill in the Florida Senate
10:40 How to Find the Florida House of Representatives
11:30 How to Search the Florida Senate for Bills
12:20 How to Sign Up for Bill Tracker for the Florida Legislature
14:20 What Proposed Legislation looks like on Florida's Government websites
15:16 What is the Florida Channel .org
15:50 How to use the FloridaChannel.org to track and watch committee meetings
17:48 How to find a recording of a Florida legislature committee hearing
18:29 How to watch Capitol Update for an overview
19:00 How to locate Florida Governor's Press Conferences
20:36 How to find your Federal, State, and Local Law Makers
23:36 How to Track a Bill through the Florida Legislature
34:14 Examples of Letter of Support or in Opposition to a Bill
35:20 How to use 5 Calls to contact your lawmakers
37:14 How to visit Tallahassee to see Law Makers
41:28 Bills to Watch 2025 Florida Legislature
47:00 Resources for tracking Florida legislation
51:43 Questions and Answers