---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education"
description: "Higher Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Florida SB 190 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-103"
primary_sponsors: ["Stargel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18706ffe-6d9f-4ab5-bd76-3330c817da3d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/190/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8556ba55bca2981f7a83ca2a19a4bc5492247ee5afe045408a69aa3d61d782c3"
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 190 (2019) — Higher Education

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-103.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 190 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/190/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 190 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/190/BillText/c1/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- CS/SB 190 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stargel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Education, 03/06/19, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Favorable by Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 03/20/19, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-20** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-20** Now in Appropriations
- **2019-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-18** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-22** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-22** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) adopted (392352, 502992, 561776, 605696) -SJ 427, 428, 429
- **2019-04-24** Ordered engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) adopted (299628, 539338, 563590)
- **2019-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/19
- **2019-04-26** Received
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time -HJ 962, 963 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (439287) -HJ 963, 965
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time -HJ 1027, 1029 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (439287)
- **2019-05-02** Requested House to recede
- **2019-05-02** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Requested House to return
- **2019-05-03** Returned
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (285804)
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (439287)
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s) (285804) -HJ 1303, 1311
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-18** Chapter No. 2019-103, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18706ffe-6d9f-4ab5-bd76-3330c817da3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).