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type: "Bill"
title: "Implementing the 2021-2022 General Appropriations Act"
description: "Implementing the 2021-2022 General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; extending for 1 fiscal year authorization for the Department of Education to provide certain appropriated funds to certain education television stations and public colleges and universities for public broadcasting; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to realign funding for a component of the Childrens Medical Services program to reflect actual enrollment changes; extending for 1 year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2502"
citation: "Florida SB 2502 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch", "industry", "motor vehicles", "public business", "public lands and property", "public officers", "employees", "and records", "railroads and other regulated utilities", "reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-37"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dae030a-b4f9-4903-9ea5-a1970a7a3f23"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2502/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fa6b1206110cfff8046332eac48b58dc25f7317b48bd15e99dbb7b3f8e824200"
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 2502 (2021) — Implementing the 2021-2022 General Appropriations Act
Implementing the 2021-2022 General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; extending for 1 fiscal year authorization for the Department of Education to provide certain appropriated funds to certain education television stations and public colleges and universities for public broadcasting; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to realign funding for a component of the Childrens Medical Services program to reflect actual enrollment changes; extending for 1 year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-37.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 2502 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2502/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2502 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2502/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 2502 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2502/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 2502 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2502/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **200** (pass) · upper
- Conference Report, First Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1143** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report, Passage — **1171** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Appropriations — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-26** Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
- **2021-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/31/21, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/01/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-31** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/07/21
- **2021-04-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Amendment 107435 filed
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-04-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Substituted for HB 5003
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment 107435 adopted
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed the Senate bill as amended by House and we accede to conference
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** In returning messages
- **2021-04-16** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee)
- **2021-04-16** Conference Committee appointed
- **2021-04-16** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
- **2021-04-16** Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Stargel (Chair), Bean (At Large), Book (At Large), Farmer (At Large), Gibson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Perry (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Powell, Rodrigues, Stewart, Thurston; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration & Technology: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Powell, Rodrigues, Stewart, Thurston; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Perry (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Brandes, Gainer, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Torres; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/Higher Education: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Polsky, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/PreK-12: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Polsky, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Bean (Chair), Book, Brodeur, Burgess, Diaz, Farmer, Harrell, Jones, Rodrigues, Rodriguez, Rouson; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Infrastructure & Tourism: Gainer (Chair), Ausley, Boyd, Cruz, Garcia, Gibson, Hooper, Mayfield, Perry, Taddeo, Wright;
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report received
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report adopted (652590)
- **2021-04-30** In Messages
- **2021-04-30** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report considered
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 652590 adopted
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report adopted
- **2021-04-30** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 117, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-30** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-01** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Chapter No. 2021-37, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1079 (Ch. 2021-225), CS/SB 1126 (Ch. 2021-186), SB 2500 (Ch. 2021-36)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dae030a-b4f9-4903-9ea5-a1970a7a3f23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).