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H.R. 3831119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) · 5 active : 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 2, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFlorida Safe Seas Act of 2025
This bill prohibits shark feeding in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) seaward of Florida for any purpose other than to harvest sharks, subject to limited exceptions. (Florida state waters generally extend 3 miles from the shore in the Atlantic Ocean and 9 miles from the shore in the Gulf of America. The EEZ is seaward of and adjacent to state waters and generally extends to 200 miles from the U.S. coastline.)
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Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to introduce, or attempt to introduce, food or any other substance into these waters to attract sharks for any purpose other than to harvest sharks. Exceptions allow shark feeding (1) for research programs funded by federal appropriations, or (2) to the extent that the feeding presents no public health hazard or safety risk (as determined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or under state law).
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Fishes
- Florida
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 64Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
5 activeShow all 5 cosponsors
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5)
- Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
