---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grants for Genetic Counseling Education"
description: "Grants for Genetic Counseling Education; Creating the Genetic Counseling Education Enhancement Grant Program within the State University System; requiring the Board of Governors to award grant funds to state universities for specified purposes; requiring the program to reward excellence among genetic counseling programs based on specified criteria; prohibiting such funds from being used for specified purposes, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1115"
citation: "Florida HB 1115 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-131"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22cde6d-4fb2-4597-ba48-db977d2f833b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1115/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5ea20cfc775c63eac7c4d76d9fc12e5a1dcb19947a1cd63abb89c6415043c24a"
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 1115 (2026) — Grants for Genetic Counseling Education

Grants for Genetic Counseling Education; Creating the Genetic Counseling Education Enhancement Grant Program within the State University System; requiring the Board of Governors to award grant funds to state universities for specified purposes; requiring the program to reward excellence among genetic counseling programs based on specified criteria; prohibiting such funds from being used for specified purposes, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-131.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1115 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1115/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1115 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1115/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1115 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1115/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1115 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1115/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Careers & Workforce Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Higher Education Budget Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Careers & Workforce Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Now in Higher Education Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-26** Added to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Higher Education Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-28** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-03** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment 654057 adopted
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 1376
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-131

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22cde6d-4fb2-4597-ba48-db977d2f833b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).