Sen. Corey Simon has filed the 2026 Rural Renaissance package that carries the support of Senate President Ben Albritton and seeks to add more resources to lift up rural areas by expanding health care, improving roads and more.

“As we prepare to embark on a nationwide celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary , there is no better time to celebrate and renew our focus on heritage farming communities across our state and nation,” Albritton said in a statement.

SB 250 would update the definitions of “fiscally constrained counties” to provide more support, create an Office of Rural Prosperity to offer help, and allocate block grants to grow populations, among other provisions that are part of the nearly $218 million Rural Renaissance package.

Simon, a Tallahassee Republican,

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