Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2019/hb-547.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:47 -04:00

100 lines
4.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program"
description: "Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Florida HB 547 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-79"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bfd602-f5f7-40c1-a7c7-bb3d82a17015"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/547/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5a805b5d05dddde87f25b9ef1da5c5ad6fc6b0bcc6383c31337cbd381f0c93d0"
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 547 (2019) — Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-79.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 547 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/547/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 547 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/547/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 547 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/547/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 547 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/547/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Higher Education & Career Readiness Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Clemons — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 9:30 am, Mashburn Hall
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** CS by Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-06** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-07** Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-07** CS by Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in Education Committee
- **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 03/28/19, 8:30 am, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-28** CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-29** CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 464
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-79
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13bfd602-f5f7-40c1-a7c7-bb3d82a17015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).