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IntroducedJan 30, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
Education; Requiring each Florida College System institution and state university to waive tuition and fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain conditions are met; requiring entities that offer fee-based services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to disclose in writing whether the service may be obtained elsewhere at no cost; authorizing school district career centers to use alternative methods adopted by the board in lieu of common placement tests to assess students in basic communication and computation skills; providing that a fee waiver only applies to a full-time undergraduate student, beginning with a specified academic year, etc.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 25, 2026: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 7038
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Rulesprimary
- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Educationprimary
- Education Postsecondaryprimary
Votes
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Now in Rules
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- Filed
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- Jan 30, 2026 | Senate
- Submitted for consideration by Education Postsecondary
- On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 301 Senate Building
Bill Texts
- S 7038 pbHTML
- S 7038 FiledHTML
- S 7038 c1HTML
- S 7038 c2HTML
- Committee Amendment 941220 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/20/2026) -- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Calatayud)PDF
- Committee Amendment 552764 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/25/2026) -- Rules (Calatayud)PDF
- Committee Amendment 512852 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/25/2026) -- Rules (Calatayud)PDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Education Postsecondary (Pre-Meeting) (2/3/2026 10:30 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Education Postsecondary (Post-Meeting) (2/6/2026 10:16 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Pre-Meeting) (2/17/2026 9:53 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Post-Meeting) (2/20/2026 4:47 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/23/2026 10:39 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/25/2026 10:29 AM)
