---
type: "Bill"
title: "College Campus Facilities in Areas of Critical State Concern"
description: "College Campus Facilities in Areas of Critical State Concern; Revises authorized uses of revenue from capital improvement fees to include certain college campus facilities & revises number of beds certain FCS institutions may provide to certain persons; revises which funds may be used for construction of dormitories; & requires Division of Bond Finance to conduct analysis of financing before issuance of specified bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Florida HB 217 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-50"
primary_sponsors: ["Mooney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-18"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/504dc31b-134b-426d-a1b5-e61a03d8d13f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/217/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a610c4b455edecfb2f8432916e14c2fef8a1169a3b6daa40045a2430a7bb90b0"
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 217 (2024) — College Campus Facilities in Areas of Critical State Concern

College Campus Facilities in Areas of Critical State Concern; Revises authorized uses of revenue from capital improvement fees to include certain college campus facilities & revises number of beds certain FCS institutions may provide to certain persons; revises which funds may be used for construction of dormitories; & requires Division of Bond Finance to conduct analysis of financing before issuance of specified bonds.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-50.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 217 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/217/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 217 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/217/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 217 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/217/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 217 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/217/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Mooney — primary (person)
- Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-18** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Now in Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Added to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Reported out of Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Original reference removed: Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 222
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Chapter No. 2024-50

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/504dc31b-134b-426d-a1b5-e61a03d8d13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).