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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary Education"
description: "Postsecondary Education; Revising grant specifications; requiring funds appropriated for the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program to only be used for certain grants as specifically authorized in the General Appropriations Act; renaming collegiate high school programs as early college programs; clarifying fee exemptions for the Department of Children and Families; establishing the Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program; providing for the reimbursement of tuition and costs to eligible postsecondary institutions; requiring students participating in dual enrollment programs to meet specified minimum eligibility requirements in order for institutions to receive reimbursements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Florida SB 52 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-160"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodrigues"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-28"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec8f398-2b8e-4815-b40a-397943a40a99"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/ByCategory"
source_hash: "24ffb9dd8f001a8a1484647d7f954b124dbb1723f39b7994829e033c39d6b0bf"
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 52 (2021) — Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary Education; Revising grant specifications; requiring funds appropriated for the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program to only be used for certain grants as specifically authorized in the General Appropriations Act; renaming collegiate high school programs as early college programs; clarifying fee exemptions for the Department of Children and Families; establishing the Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program; providing for the reimbursement of tuition and costs to eligible postsecondary institutions; requiring students participating in dual enrollment programs to meet specified minimum eligibility requirements in order for institutions to receive reimbursements, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-160.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 52 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 52 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 52 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 52 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 52 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/52/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **63** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **117** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **8332** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **2614** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **73** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rodrigues — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-28** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/26/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-01-26** CS by Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
- **2021-01-27** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-01-28** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
- **2021-02-01** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 02/09/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-02-09** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- **2021-02-11** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** CS by Education read 1st time
- **2021-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/11/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-11** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 7
- **2021-03-15** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-03-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/18/21
- **2021-03-16** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Amendment(s) adopted (214312)
- **2021-03-18** Ordered engrossed
- **2021-03-18** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Immediately certified
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 32 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chapter No. 2021-160, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5601 (Ch. 2021-46), CS/CS/SB 1028 (Ch. 2021-35)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ec8f398-2b8e-4815-b40a-397943a40a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).