--- type: "Bill" title: "Postsecondary Education" description: "Postsecondary Education; Revising grant specifications; requiring funds appropriated for the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program to only be used for certain grants as specifically authorized in the General Appropriations Act; renaming collegiate high school programs as early college programs; clarifying fee exemptions for the Department of Children and Families; establishing the Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program; providing for the reimbursement of tuition and costs to eligible postsecondary institutions; requiring students participating in dual enrollment programs to meet specified minimum eligibility requirements in order for institutions to receive reimbursements, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2021" identifier: "SB 52" citation: "Florida SB 52 (2021)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2021-160" primary_sponsors: ["Rodrigues"] version_count: 5 action_count: 38 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2020-12-28" last_action: "2021-06-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec8f398-2b8e-4815-b40a-397943a40a99" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/ByCategory" source_hash: "24ffb9dd8f001a8a1484647d7f954b124dbb1723f39b7994829e033c39d6b0bf" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida SB 52 (2021) — Postsecondary Education Postsecondary Education; Revising grant specifications; requiring funds appropriated for the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program to only be used for certain grants as specifically authorized in the General Appropriations Act; renaming collegiate high school programs as early college programs; clarifying fee exemptions for the Department of Children and Families; establishing the Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program; providing for the reimbursement of tuition and costs to eligible postsecondary institutions; requiring students participating in dual enrollment programs to meet specified minimum eligibility requirements in order for institutions to receive reimbursements, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-160. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 52 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 52 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 52 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 52 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 52 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–3** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–7** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **83–32** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **26–14** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–3** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Rodrigues — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-12-28** Filed `filing` - **2021-01-11** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2021-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/26/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2021-01-26** CS by Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 - **2021-01-27** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2021-01-28** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education - **2021-02-01** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 02/09/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2021-02-09** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 - **2021-02-11** Now in Appropriations - **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction` - **2021-03-02** CS by Education read 1st time - **2021-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/11/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building - **2021-03-11** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 7 - **2021-03-15** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2021-03-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2021-03-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/18/21 - **2021-03-16** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time - **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-03-18** Amendment(s) adopted (214312) - **2021-03-18** Ordered engrossed - **2021-03-18** Placed on 3rd reading - **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-03-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 14 `passage` - **2021-03-25** Immediately certified - **2021-03-25** In Messages - **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021) - **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) - **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading - **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 32 `passage` - **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate - **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled - **2021-06-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2021-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2021-06-28** Chapter No. 2021-160, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5601 (Ch. 2021-46), CS/CS/SB 1028 (Ch. 2021-35) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ec8f398-2b8e-4815-b40a-397943a40a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).