FloridaHigher Education
What it does
Higher Education; Establishing the Florida Center for Nursing within the University of South Florida; providing that a specified fee waiver applies to a student’s out-of-pocket expenses for tuition and fees after other aid is applied; providing that the LINE Fund was established for shortages in health science professions in addition to nursing; requiring institutions awarded grant funds to submit an annual report by a certain date to the center instead of the Board of Governors or the Department of Education; requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to provide specified data to the department, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 13Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1246 (Ch. 2026-101)Died
- Feb 20In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Immediately certified
- Feb 20The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- Feb 20Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 20Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 20Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 19IntroducedMinor
- Feb 18Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
- Vote recorded Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 18FiledMinor
- Feb 18Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Feb 13On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 13Submitted for consideration by AppropriationsIntroduced