Florida Senate Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)
Status: Passed on March 12 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-12 - Chapter No. 2018-4
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Florida Excellence in Higher Education Act of 2018"; revising the preeminent state research universities program graduation rate requirements and funding distributions; authorizing a public institution of higher education to create and enforce certain restrictions relating to expressive activities on campus; providing for the future repeal of provisions relating to the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Sarasota/Manatee, respectively; establishing the World Class Faculty and Scholar Program; establishing the State University Professional and Graduate Degree Excellence Program; authorizing students to use certain Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program awards for summer term enrollment beginning in specified years under certain circumstances; extending coverage of the Benacquisto Scholarship Program to include tuition and fees for qualified nonresident students, etc.

Higher Education

Senate Appropriations Committee	Sen. Bill Galvano [R]	Sen. Keith Perry [R]	Sen. Dana Young [R]
Sen. Rob Bradley [R]	Sen. Linda Stewart [D]	Sen. Kelli Stargel [R]	Sen. Wilton Simpson [R]
Sen. Greg Steube [R]	Sen. Kathleen Passidomo [R]	Sen. Aaron Bean [R]	Sen. Dennis Baxley [R]
Sen. Dorothy Hukill [R]	Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto [R]	Sen. Debbie Mayfield [R]

2018-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#23 (Y: 33 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#783 (Y: 84 N: 28 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#782 (Y: 79 N: 34 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#781 (Y: 37 N: 75 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-11 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-12		Chapter No. 2018-4
2018-03-11		Approved by Governor
2018-03-06		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2018-03-05	Senate	Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2018-03-05	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 33 NAYS 5
2018-03-05	Senate	Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (843425) 716
2018-03-05	Senate	Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) failed (104550, 709462)
2018-03-05	Senate	In returning messages
2018-03-05	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 84 NAYS 28 875
2018-03-05	House	Amendment(s) adopted (843425)
2018-03-05	House	Amendment(s) failed (511359)
2018-03-05	House	Read 3rd time 866
2018-03-02	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2018-03-02	House	Read 2nd time
2018-03-02	House	Substituted for CS/CS/HB 423
2018-02-27	House	Received 684
2018-02-27	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
2018-02-27	House	Referred to Calendar
2018-01-11	House	In Messages
2018-01-11	Senate	Immediately certified
2018-01-11	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0
2018-01-11	Senate	Read 3rd time
2018-01-11	Senate	Amendment(s) failed (398480)
2018-01-11	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (526604, 662816)
2018-01-11	Senate	Read 2nd time
2018-01-09	Senate	CS by Appropriations read 1st time
2018-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2018-01-08	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/11/18
2017-12-12	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2017-12-08	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2017-12-06	Senate	CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
2017-11-27	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/06/17, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2017-11-08	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2017-11-08	Senate	Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2017-10-30	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, 11/08/17, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2017-10-10	Senate	Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education
2017-10-09	Senate	Favorable by Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2017-10-02	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Education, 10/09/17, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2017-09-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Education, 09/12/17, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
2017-08-30	Senate	Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; Appropriations
2017-08-30	Senate	Filed

H423 (Same As) 2018-03-02 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 4
S540 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died on Calendar
H831 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee
S1752 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Education
H1331 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee
H909 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died on Calendar
S1234 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1001	706		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1001	7065		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1001	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1001	92		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	097		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	28		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	33		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	335		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	34		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	341		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	344		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	6497		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1004	6498		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1008	30		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	22		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	53		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	534		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	535		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	701		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	893		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	894		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1009	98		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/e2/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Amendment/312532/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Amendment/526604/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Amendment/662816/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Amendment/398480/HTML
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Vote/SenateVote_s00004c1002.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Vote/HouseVote_s00004e1781.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Vote/HouseVote_s00004e1782.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Vote/HouseVote_s00004e1783.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/Vote/SenateVote_s00004e1023.PDF