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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary Education"
description: "Postsecondary Education; Authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt a regulation regarding post-tenure reviews for state university faculty; revising the maintenance requirements of, and information that must be included in, the statewide course numbering system; requiring the Board of Governors and State Board of Education to identify and determine accrediting agencies or associations best suited for public postsecondary institutions by a specified date; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities, respectively, to post specified information relating to tuition and fee rates and proposed changes to such rates on their websites, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 7044"
citation: "Florida SB 7044 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-70"
primary_sponsors: ["Education"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de0685aa-f329-4ef7-be10-9987e07215e9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7044/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8c9f470ec3ce425d5e7f701139c4a4cfe2b94f5f80e3043d5ec8194707a4fb7d"
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 7044 (2022) — Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary Education; Authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt a regulation regarding post-tenure reviews for state university faculty; revising the maintenance requirements of, and information that must be included in, the statewide course numbering system; requiring the Board of Governors and State Board of Education to identify and determine accrediting agencies or associations best suited for public postsecondary institutions by a specified date; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities, respectively, to post specified information relating to tuition and fee rates and proposed changes to such rates on their websites, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-70.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 7044 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7044/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7044 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7044/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7044 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7044/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 7044 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7044/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **7740** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **2215** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **63** (pass) · upper
- A - 958072, Amendment, Second Reading — **2315** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **119** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Education — primary (person)
- Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-03** Submitted for consideration by Education
- **2022-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/08/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-08** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- **2022-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-24** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/22
- **2022-03-03** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (356900, 544572, 958072) -SJ 681, 682
- **2022-03-04** Ordered engrossed
- **2022-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 15 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** In Messages
- **2022-03-07** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-07** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/8/2022)
- **2022-03-07** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2022-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Amendment 190993 not allowed for consideration
- **2022-03-08** Amendment 440891 not allowed for consideration
- **2022-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-08** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed; YEAS 77, NAYS 40 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter No. 2022-70
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de0685aa-f329-4ef7-be10-9987e07215e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).