Florida House Bill 725

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Requires public institutions of higher education to inform students & employees of Campus Free Expression Act through specified means; requires BOG & SBE to adopt regulations & rules, respectively, describing limitations of state universities & FCS institutions relating to certain political campaign activities; requires boards of trustees of such universities & institutions to publish on their official websites & provide to employees certain information relating to permissible & prohibited political activities, state law, & disciplinary actions.

Political Activity at Public Institutions of Higher Education

House Education Administration Subcommittee	Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman [R]	Rep. James Buchanan [R]	Rep. Kimberly Daniels [D]
Rep. Anne Gerwig [R]	Rep. Kim Kendall [R]	Rep. Paula Stark [R]	Rep. Susan Valdes [R]

2026-03-04 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#691 (Y: 81 N: 30 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - House - House Education & Employment Committee (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - House - House Education Administration Subcommittee (Y: 13 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Rules
2026-03-04	Senate	Received
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Rules
2026-03-04	Senate	In Messages
2026-03-04	House	CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 30
2026-03-04	House	Read 3rd time
2026-03-04	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-03-04	House	Read 2nd time
2026-02-26	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
2026-02-26	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-26	House	Bill released to House Calendar
2026-02-26	House	Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
2026-02-26	House	Favorable by Education & Employment Committee
2026-02-24	House	Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
2026-02-13	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-02-13	House	Now in Education & Employment Committee
2026-02-13	House	Referred to Education & Employment Committee
2026-02-12	House	CS Filed
2026-02-12	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-12	House	Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
2026-02-12	House	Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee
2026-02-10	House	PCS added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-12-16	House	Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Education & Employment Committee
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
2025-12-10	House	Filed

H49 (Similar To) 2025-10-03 - Withdrawn prior to introduction
S1736 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Ethics and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1004	097		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1012	802		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725/BillText/c1/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725/Analyses/h0725.EAS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725/Analyses/h0725a.EEC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725/Analyses/h0725b.EEC.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76543&IsPCB=1&BillId=83356
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=77037&IsPCB=0&BillId=83356
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/725/Vote/HouseVote_h00725c1691.PDF