--- type: "Bill" title: "Agreements of Educational Entities with Foreign Entities" description: "Agreements of Educational Entities with Foreign Entities; Prohibiting state universities and state colleges from accepting grants from or participating in partnerships or agreements with a college or university based in a foreign country of concern or with a foreign principal unless specified conditions are met; providing an exception; authorizing state universities to enter into partnerships or agreements with a college or university based in a foreign country of concern or with a foreign principal if such partnerships or agreements are approved by the Board of Governors and specified requirements are met; authorizing the board to sanction and withhold performance funding from a state university for entering into an unauthorized partnership or agreement; requiring each state university and state college to annually submit specified information to the Board of Governors and the Department of Education, respectively, by a specified date, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 846" citation: "Florida SB 846 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["public business"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-34" primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Judiciary", "Rules"] version_count: 4 action_count: 33 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-16" last_action: "2023-05-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/544a1556-14a9-4837-b48c-c081899d270d" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/846/ByCategory" source_hash: "024bf6ae7932ff2af655e9a8fca4b115df271a5296b8ee218c4682907597c1b5" 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 846 (2023) — Agreements of Educational Entities with Foreign Entities Agreements of Educational Entities with Foreign Entities; Prohibiting state universities and state colleges from accepting grants from or participating in partnerships or agreements with a college or university based in a foreign country of concern or with a foreign principal unless specified conditions are met; providing an exception; authorizing state universities to enter into partnerships or agreements with a college or university based in a foreign country of concern or with a foreign principal if such partnerships or agreements are approved by the Board of Governors and specified requirements are met; authorizing the board to sanction and withhold performance funding from a state university for entering into an unauthorized partnership or agreement; requiring each state university and state college to annually submit specified information to the Board of Governors and the Department of Education, respectively, by a specified date, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-34. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 846 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/846/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 846 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/846/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 846 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/846/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 846 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/846/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–2** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **7–3** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Avila — primary (person) - Judiciary — primary (person) - Rules — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-16** Filed `filing` - **2023-02-23** Referred to Education Postsecondary; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee` - **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction` - **2023-03-07** Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-08** Now in Judiciary - **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/23, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2023-03-29** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 2 - **2023-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-03-30** Now in Rules - **2023-03-30** CS by Judiciary read 1st time - **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building - **2023-04-11** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 - **2023-04-12** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-12** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2023-04-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23 - **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-04-26** In Messages - **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023) - **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-05-09** Chapter No. 2023-34 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/544a1556-14a9-4837-b48c-c081899d270d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).