bf8b4e475b
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
6.2 KiB
6.2 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, chapter_law, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | chapter_law | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Higher Education | Higher Education; Prohibits certain educational institutions from being civilly liable for certain actions; requires state university to waive certain tuition & fees for certain students who meet specified criteria; revises eligibility criteria for specified grant program. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 1261 | Florida HB 1261 (2021) |
|
|
enacted | 2021-232 | 6 | 58 | 6 | 2021-02-24 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/28f0d8d5-c269-4965-862a-e2b52a57b654 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1261/ByCategory | c58403df25cc40a0dba0dc6d98ad63a986f3c45ec1ff92477fa69d747654752d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Florida HB 1261 (2021) — Higher Education
Higher Education; Prohibits certain educational institutions from being civilly liable for certain actions; requires state university to waive certain tuition & fees for certain students who meet specified criteria; revises eligibility criteria for specified grant program.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-232.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 1261 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1261 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1261 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 1261 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 1261 e3 (engrossed) — source
- H 1261 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 92–22 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — 12–2 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–2 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 102–11 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-24 Filed
filing - 2021-02-28 Referred to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-28 Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-28 Referred to Education & Employment Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-28 Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- 2021-03-01 Added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-03-03 Favorable by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-03 Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- 2021-03-03 Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2021-03-04 Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-03-08 Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-09 Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2021-03-09 Now in Education & Employment Committee
- 2021-04-02 PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- 2021-04-06 Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- 2021-04-12 Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- 2021-04-12 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-04-12 CS Filed
- 2021-04-12 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2021-04-14 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-14 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- 2021-04-16 Amendment 218821 filed
- 2021-04-16 Amendment 601145 filed
- 2021-04-16 Amendment 325343 filed
- 2021-04-20 Amendment 325343 withdrawn
- 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-20 Amendment 218821 withdrawn
- 2021-04-20 Amendment 601145 adopted
- 2021-04-20 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-20 Amendment 625013 filed
- 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-21 Amendment 625013 adopted
- 2021-04-21 CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 22
passage - 2021-04-21 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-21 In Messages
- 2021-04-21 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-04-21 Received
- 2021-04-26 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2021-04-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-26 Substituted for CS/SB 7070
- 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) adopted (140176, 214326)
- 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-27 CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-27 In Messages
- 2021-04-28 Added to Senate Message List
- 2021-04-28 Amendment 214326 Concur
- 2021-04-28 Amendment 140176 Concur
- 2021-04-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 11
passage - 2021-04-28 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- 2021-04-28 Message sent to senate
- 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-232
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28f0d8d5-c269-4965-862a-e2b52a57b654. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).