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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher Education"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 266"
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citation: "Florida SB 266 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-82"
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primary_sponsors: ["Education Postsecondary", "Fiscal Policy", "Grall"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-28"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ba7544b-4c58-4a4e-9342-998dd785172d"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "568a768ce4d49cef07c6ae06c6ce85f925eac82fbf01c71f2d7e9f7718105f4b"
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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 SB 266 (2023) — Higher Education
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-82.
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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. **S 266 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 266 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 266 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 266 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/BillText/c3/HTML)
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5. **S 266 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/BillText/e1/HTML)
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6. **S 266 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–3** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **27–12** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–6** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **81–34** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Appropriations Committee on Education — primary (organization)
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- Education Postsecondary — primary (person)
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- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
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- Grall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Education; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 03/15/23, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-15** CS by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
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- **2023-03-16** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-17** Now in Appropriations Committee on Education
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- **2023-03-21** CS by Education Postsecondary read 1st time
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- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Education, 04/12/23, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-12** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 4
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- **2023-04-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-14** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-17** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Education read 1st time
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- **2023-04-20** CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 6
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- **2023-04-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
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- **2023-04-25** CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) failed (229550, 304282, 380552, 624452)
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) adopted (213146, 424694)
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- **2023-04-27** Ordered engrossed
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- **2023-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
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- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 901207 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 786363 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 499863 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 746441 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 105477 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 433959 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 528961 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 358283 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 402961 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 497493 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 051409 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 780349 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 553605 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment 775507 Failed
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 34 `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-16** Chapter No. 2023-82, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1035 (Ch. 2023-38)
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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/6ba7544b-4c58-4a4e-9342-998dd785172d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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