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IntroducedOct 14, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 10, 2026
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws authorizing a head coach to support the welfare of a student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to the student; requiring the head coach to report such use of personal funds to the association; providing that such use of personal funds is presumed not to be an impermissible benefit, etc.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 11, 2026: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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Summary
Comments on SB 178
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Judiciaryprimary
- Education Pre-K - 12primary

Votes
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 112
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Benarroch
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Harris
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Campbell
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Trabulsy
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- McFarland
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yeager
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Nix
- Edmonds
- Nixon
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (144123)
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- In returning messages
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 570171 adopted
- Amendment 684905 adopted as amended
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
- Amendment 144123 engrossed amendment (replaces 684905, 570171)
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- Now in Rules
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Judiciary
- CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Jan 20, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Nov 03, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Rules
- Oct 14, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 178 FiledHTML
- S 178 c1HTML
- S 178 c2HTML
- S 178 e1HTML
- S 178 erHTML
- Committee Amendment 739582 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/21/2026) -- Education Pre-K - 12 (Jones)PDF
- Committee Amendment 611846 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/3/2026) -- Judiciary (Jones)PDF
- Floor Amendment 684905 (House: Replaced by Engrossed Amendment 3/10/2026) -- LaMarcaPDF
- Floor Amendment to Amendment 570171 (House: Replaced by Engrossed Amendment 3/10/2026) -- LaMarcaPDF
- Floor Amendment 144123 (Senate: Concurred 3/11/2026) -- LaMarcaPDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Education Pre-K - 12 (Pre-Meeting) (1/16/2026 1:18 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Education Pre-K - 12 (Post-Meeting) (1/21/2026 10:06 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (2/2/2026 12:31 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (2/3/2026 7:10 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/9/2026 7:37 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/10/2026 1:58 PM)
- House Message Summary -- Education Pre-K - 12 (3/10/2026 2:42 PM)
