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type: "Bill"
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title: "Postsecondary Education for Certain Military Personnel"
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description: "Postsecondary Education for Certain Military Personnel; Requiring the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to create a process for the uniform award of postsecondary credit or career education clock hours to certain servicemembers and veterans of the United States Armed Forces; requiring specified postsecondary institutions to waive the transcript fee for active duty members of the United States Armed Forces, certain veterans, and their spouses and dependents, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 171"
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citation: "Florida HB 171 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-80"
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primary_sponsors: ["Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-09-16"
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last_action: "2020-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae1e0b32-2c53-4acd-a5c0-c9f16da707e5"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/171/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "41e6572452b83d410542327fdc27fd86caebdfd15738114bcac12bff1fd086fa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 171 (2020) — Postsecondary Education for Certain Military Personnel
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Postsecondary Education for Certain Military Personnel; Requiring the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to create a process for the uniform award of postsecondary credit or career education clock hours to certain servicemembers and veterans of the United States Armed Forces; requiring specified postsecondary institutions to waive the transcript fee for active duty members of the United States Armed Forces, certain veterans, and their spouses and dependents, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-80.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 171 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/171/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 171 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/171/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 171 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/171/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 171 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/171/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Education Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Higher Education & Career Readiness Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-09-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-09-25** Referred to Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-11-07** On Committee agenda-- Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee, 11/14/19, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
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- **2019-11-14** CS by Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2019-11-15** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2019-11-25** Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-14** CS by Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-15** Now in Education Committee
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- **2020-01-21** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 01/23/20, 12:00 pm, Reed Hall
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- **2020-01-23** Favorable by- Education Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
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- **2020-02-19** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
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- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
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- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Amendment(s) adopted (508491)
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- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** In Messages
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- **2020-03-03** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-04** Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 372
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- **2020-03-04** Received
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- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-80
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae1e0b32-2c53-4acd-a5c0-c9f16da707e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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