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IntroducedFeb 13, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 20, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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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- Appropriationsprimary
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- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- Immediately certified
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Filed
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
- Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
- Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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