republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-7055.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7055"
citation: "Florida HB 7055 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["scholarships", "schools (private)", "universities (state)", "holidays and observances", "florida college system institutions", "educational facilities", "landlord and tenant", "assistance or scholarships", "sales tax", "abuse", "motor vehicles", "apprentices", "parks and recreational facilities", "career education", "appropriations", "or scholarships", "education commissioner", "universities and colleges (private)", "schools", "tax collectors", "athletics", "pollutant taxes", "agencies", "other pollutant taxes", "education", "state board of", "taxation", "student financial assistance or scholarships", "insurance", "public officers and employees", "education"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-6"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef410bd7-75ae-4689-a942-4efc91586fc2"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07055/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d31fbcff33aa45e29997b04ed0a22d9ce98cb4cc296bcb63248b445ae26198c3"
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 7055 (2018) — Education

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-6.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7055 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7055/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7055 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7055/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7055 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7055/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7055 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7055/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- D - 667894 — **74–39** (pass) · lower
- A - 660135, Second Reading — **40–70** (fail) · lower
- AA - 592485, Second Reading — **40–73** (fail) · lower
- Favorable with 1 amendment — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- A - 838551, Second Reading — **44–67** (fail) · lower
- Favorable with 1 amendment — **11–7** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Education Committee) — **16–4** (pass) · lower
- AA - 545715 — **41–72** (fail) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **20–8** (pass) · lower
- AA3A - 489008, Amendment, Second Reading — **17–21** (fail) · upper
- A - 977793, Second Reading — **41–69** (fail) · lower
- AA3K - 368248, Amendment, Second Reading — **19–19** (fail) · upper
- A - 312085, Second Reading — **40–72** (fail) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **66–43** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **20–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** PCS on Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/31/18, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-31** CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 8
- **2018-02-01** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/07/18
- **2018-02-01** CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 482, 483
- **2018-02-07** Read 2nd time -HJ 496, 498 `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** Amendment(s) failed (051511, 077043, 179073, 193449, 241103, 312085, 334521, 418655, 444023, 548133, 592485, 629607, 652925, 660135, 740863, 809745, 838551, 912217, 948753, 977793) -HJ 498, 526
- **2018-02-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-08** Read 3rd time -HJ 543, 544 `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** CS passed; YEAS 66 NAYS 43 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** In Messages
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/20/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-20** Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Education (903516); YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** Received
- **2018-02-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
- **2018-02-22** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Appropriations (692180); YEAS 11 NAYS 7
- **2018-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) failed (692180, 903516) -SJ 451, 483
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (831300) -SJ 506, 540, 541, 543
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (667894) -SJ 699, 700
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 20 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In returning messages
- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) failed (434719, 545715) -HJ 939, 940
- **2018-03-05** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (667894) -HJ 906, 907
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 74 NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12** Chapter No. 2018-6, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2018-9)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef410bd7-75ae-4689-a942-4efc91586fc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).