--- type: "Bill" title: "Florida Virtual School" description: "Florida Virtual School; Deleting provisions relating to the Florida Virtual School giving priority to certain students; providing that the board of trustees may use supplemental funding sources to develop a state-of-the-art technology-based education delivery system; authorizing the Florida Virtual School to accrue supplemental revenue from direct-support organizations; revising which entities review and approve expenditures, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 124" citation: "Florida SB 124 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-67" primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"] version_count: 2 action_count: 29 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-10-07" last_action: "2026-05-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a520975f-5c77-4c77-82cd-e210626f7fec" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/124/ByCategory" source_hash: "e6e6c59417b1af6c1f4347d13875280323e2c9b832a40a03f734e999537162b5" 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 124 (2026) — Florida Virtual School Florida Virtual School; Deleting provisions relating to the Florida Virtual School giving priority to certain students; providing that the board of trustees may use supplemental funding sources to develop a state-of-the-art technology-based education delivery system; authorizing the Florida Virtual School to accrue supplemental revenue from direct-support organizations; revising which entities review and approve expenditures, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-67. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 124 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/124/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 124 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/124/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **110–2** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Rodriguez — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-10-07** Filed `filing` - **2025-10-21** Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-12-01** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 12/09/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2025-12-09** Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-12-10** Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education - **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction` - **2026-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 01/28/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building - **2026-01-28** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-29** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2026-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-05** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-02-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26 - **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-02-11** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-02-11** Immediately certified - **2026-02-11** In Messages - **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) - **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-11** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 2 `passage` - **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-05-12** Chapter No. 2026-67 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a520975f-5c77-4c77-82cd-e210626f7fec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).