republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/sb-266.md

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Bill	Higher Education	Higher Education; Revising the duties of the Board of Governors relating to the mission of each state university; requiring the Board of Governors Accountability Plan to annually report certain research expenditures of a specified amount; prohibiting specified educational institutions from expending funds for certain purposes; revising how general education core courses are established; specifying a one-time limit on the requirement to change accrediting agencies, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	SB 266	Florida SB 266 (2023)	bill		enacted	2023-82	Education Postsecondary Fiscal Policy Grall	6	53	5	2023-02-28	2023-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/6ba7544b-4c58-4a4e-9342-998dd785172d	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/ByCategory	568a768ce4d49cef07c6ae06c6ce85f925eac82fbf01c71f2d7e9f7718105f4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 266 (2023) — Higher Education

Higher Education; Revising the duties of the Board of Governors relating to the mission of each state university; requiring the Board of Governors Accountability Plan to annually report certain research expenditures of a specified amount; prohibiting specified educational institutions from expending funds for certain purposes; revising how general education core courses are established; specifying a one-time limit on the requirement to change accrediting agencies, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-82.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. S 266 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 266 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 266 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 266 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. S 266 e1 (engrossed) — source
6. S 266 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–3 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 14–6 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 81–34 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Appropriations Committee on Education — primary (organization)
• Education Postsecondary — primary (person)
• Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
• Grall — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-28 Filed filing
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Education; Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Introduced introduction
• 2023-03-10 On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 03/15/23, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2023-03-15 CS by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
• 2023-03-16 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2023-03-17 Now in Appropriations Committee on Education
• 2023-03-21 CS by Education Postsecondary read 1st time
• 2023-04-06 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Education, 04/12/23, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2023-04-12 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 4
• 2023-04-14 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2023-04-14 Now in Fiscal Policy
• 2023-04-17 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2023-04-17 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education read 1st time
• 2023-04-20 CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 6
• 2023-04-24 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2023-04-24 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2023-04-24 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
• 2023-04-25 CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
• 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Amendment(s) failed (229550, 304282, 380552, 624452)
• 2023-04-27 Amendment(s) adopted (213146, 424694)
• 2023-04-27 Ordered engrossed
• 2023-04-27 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-04-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 passage
• 2023-04-28 In Messages
• 2023-05-01 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2023-05-01 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
• 2023-05-01 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) reading-1
• 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 901207 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 786363 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 499863 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 746441 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 105477 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 433959 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 528961 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 358283 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 402961 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 497493 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 051409 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 780349 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 553605 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Amendment 775507 Failed
• 2023-05-02 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-05-02 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2023-05-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-05-03 CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 34 passage
• 2023-05-03 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2023-05-15 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-15 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-16 Chapter No. 2023-82, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1035 (Ch. 2023-38)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ba7544b-4c58-4a4e-9342-998dd785172d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).