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Florida SB 4 (2018) — Higher Education

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-4.

Version chain

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

1. S 4 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 4 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 4 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 4 e2 (engrossed) — source
5. S 4 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 84–28 (pass) · lower
• Favorable — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AA - 511359, Third Reading — 37–75 (fail) · lower
• Favorable — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Returning Messages — 33–5 (pass) · upper
• D - 843425, Third Reading — 79–34 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Galvano — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-08-30 Filed filing
• 2017-08-30 Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-09-05 On Committee agenda-- Education, 09/12/17, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
• 2017-10-02 On Committee agenda-- Education, 10/09/17, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2017-10-09 Favorable by Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-10-10 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education
• 2017-10-30 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, 11/08/17, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2017-11-08 Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2017-11-08 Now in Appropriations
• 2017-11-27 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/06/17, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2017-12-06 CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
• 2017-12-08 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2017-12-12 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-01-08 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/11/18
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-09 CS by Appropriations read 1st time
• 2018-01-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-01-11 Amendment(s) adopted (526604, 662816)
• 2018-01-11 Amendment(s) failed (398480)
• 2018-01-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-11 CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-01-11 Immediately certified
• 2018-01-11 In Messages
• 2018-02-27 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
• 2018-02-27 Received -HJ 683, 684
• 2018-03-02 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 423
• 2018-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-02 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-05 Read 3rd time -HJ 865, 866 reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) failed (511359)
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) adopted (843425)
• 2018-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 84 NAYS 28 -HJ 874, 875 passage
• 2018-03-05 In returning messages
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) failed (104550, 709462)
• 2018-03-05 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (843425) -SJ 706, 716
• 2018-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 33 NAYS 5 passage
• 2018-03-05 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-06 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-11 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-12 Chapter No. 2018-4

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2808af80-f74a-4a36-b757-2f567ec81f3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).