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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education"
description: "Higher Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Florida SB 4 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["persons", "sexual crimes", "dental schools", "student financial assistance or scholarships", "tarpon springs", "city of", "management", "universities (state)", "affairs", "civil actions", "florida college system institutions", "financial assistance or scholarships", "commissions", "popular names", "career education", "appropriations", "assistance or scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-4"
primary_sponsors: ["Galvano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-08-30"
last_action: "2018-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2808af80-f74a-4a36-b757-2f567ec81f3b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00004/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d83215d0d1fb5ac4caf6bccda5c336483e9180fe034bf35552477d19d085e05d"
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 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](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 4 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 4 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 4 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/e2/HTML)
5. **S 4 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/4/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **8428** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **60** (pass) · upper
- AA - 511359, Third Reading — **3775** (fail) · lower
- Favorable — **90** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **190** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **340** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **335** (pass) · upper
- D - 843425, Third Reading — **7934** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2808af80-f74a-4a36-b757-2f567ec81f3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).