---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary Revenue Bonds and Debt"
description: "Postsecondary Revenue Bonds and Debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1712"
citation: "Florida SB 1712 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["universities (state)", "assistance or scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-28"
primary_sponsors: ["Montford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64a6fbd-0d9d-49fd-aca5-42fc42ed5f45"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01712/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6af63928910764aeec219271895521ec8b8bf471f8b74facba678cc1ae3a512f"
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 1712 (2018) — Postsecondary Revenue Bonds and Debt

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-28.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1712 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1712/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1712 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1712/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/06/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-06** Favorable by Education; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, 02/14/18, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-14** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/18 --If Received
- **2018-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-03-01** Retained on Special Order Calendar --If Received
- **2018-03-02** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-03** In Messages
- **2018-03-04** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-04** Received
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/HB 375
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-05** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64a6fbd-0d9d-49fd-aca5-42fc42ed5f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).