---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary Fee Waivers"
description: "Postsecondary Fee Waivers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 75"
citation: "Florida HB 75 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-8"
primary_sponsors: ["Ponder"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-22"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba3f76e-02f4-4fe2-894f-6b188a713046"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00075/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9df3aab2490bf007d82fc5a50057341649472d7ff2f0646f685d443b2d40111b"
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 HB 75 (2018) — Postsecondary Fee Waivers

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-8.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 75 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/75/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 75 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/75/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ponder — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-08-22** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-30** Referred to Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-18** On Committee agenda-- Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee, 10/25/17, 1:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2017-10-25** Favorable by Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25** Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2017-11-08** On Committee agenda-- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, 11/15/17, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2017-11-15** Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-15** Now in Education Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 01/18/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Education Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-02-27** Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-27** Substituted for SB 460
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-14** Chapter No. 2018-8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ba3f76e-02f4-4fe2-894f-6b188a713046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).