---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tallahassee Community College"
description: "Tallahassee Community College; Renaming the college as “Tallahassee State College”, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "Florida SB 522 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-43"
primary_sponsors: ["Simon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-11-17"
last_action: "2024-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f178d783-2981-4ab3-a7d9-0a0809992f91"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/522/ByCategory"
source_hash: "68373a137fd5591eac4b53c9a32ed44c431de64202613d322bfe072f599825ef"
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 522 (2024) — Tallahassee Community College

Tallahassee Community College; Renaming the college as “Tallahassee State College”, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-43.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 522 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/522/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 522 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/522/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-05** Referred to Education Postsecondary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 01/09/24, 4:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-10** Now in Rules
- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/24/24, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Chapter No. 2024-43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f178d783-2981-4ab3-a7d9-0a0809992f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).