--- type: "Bill" title: "Education" description: "Education; Deleting a requirement that the State Board of Education establish the cost of certain tuition and fees; repealing a provision relating to single-gender programs; deleting a requirement that school districts provide certain virtual instruction options to students; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; providing requirements for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program who exhibit a substantial deficiency in early literacy skills and early mathematics skills, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 7004" citation: "Florida SB 7004 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-160" primary_sponsors: ["Education Pre-K -12", "Fiscal Policy"] version_count: 6 action_count: 37 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-11-06" last_action: "2024-05-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2feb8351-6a9b-46d2-99f4-e82901ac4441" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/ByCategory" source_hash: "5ab1394f62f71a3a02bed6cb1e7ab32c862e979dcccf01753d292d3373f3280b" 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 7004 (2024) — Education Education; Deleting a requirement that the State Board of Education establish the cost of certain tuition and fees; repealing a provision relating to single-gender programs; deleting a requirement that school districts provide certain virtual instruction options to students; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; providing requirements for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program who exhibit a substantial deficiency in early literacy skills and early mathematics skills, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-160. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 7004 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 7004 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 7004 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/pb/HTML) 4. **S 7004 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 7004 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/e2/HTML) 6. **S 7004 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower - Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Education Pre-K -12 — primary (person) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Osgood — cosponsor (person) - Simon — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-11-06** Submitted for consideration by Education Pre-K -12 - **2023-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 11/15/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2023-11-15** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 - **2023-11-16** Filed `filing` - **2023-11-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 12/12/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building - **2023-12-12** CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 - **2023-12-13** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-12-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-01-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/10/24 - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-09** CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2024-01-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-01-10** Amendment(s) adopted (573724) - **2024-01-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-01-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-01-10** Immediately certified - **2024-01-10** In Messages - **2024-02-22** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024) - **2024-02-22** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024) - **2024-02-27** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading - **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024) - **2024-02-29** Substituted for CS/HB 7025 - **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-02-29** Amendment 471783 adopted - **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-02-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-02-29** In returning messages - **2024-03-06** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (471783) - **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-160, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1285 (Ch. 2024-101), CS/CS/HB 1403 (Ch. 2024-163), CS/HB 1425 (Ch. 2024-133) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2feb8351-6a9b-46d2-99f4-e82901ac4441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).