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type: "Bill"
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title: "Florida Statutes"
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description: "Florida Statutes; Amending provisions to conform to section 7 of chapter 2022-70, Laws of Florida, which directs the Division of Law Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill to replace references to the phrases “the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,” “the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,” and “the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges,” wherever they occur in the Florida Statutes, with the phrase “an accrediting agency or association recognized by the database created and maintained by the United States Department of Education”, 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 44"
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citation: "Florida SB 44 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(adopted)"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-14"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mayfield"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ab35fd-85f4-4b00-9ab7-73c7c688eacc"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/44/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "1b8df5274fcfb67929e2ef954f8ecd418a394d5e33da0486826eeff29389c339"
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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 44 (2023) — Florida Statutes
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Florida Statutes; Amending provisions to conform to section 7 of chapter 2022-70, Laws of Florida, which directs the Division of Law Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill to replace references to the phrases “the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,” “the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,” and “the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges,” wherever they occur in the Florida Statutes, with the phrase “an accrediting agency or association recognized by the database created and maintained by the United States Department of Education”, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-14.
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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 44 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/44/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 44 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/44/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mayfield — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/23/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-02-23** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/23
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-08** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Immediately certified
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- **2023-03-09** In Messages
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- **2023-03-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-03-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/16/2023)
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- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-16** Substituted for HB 7023
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- **2023-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-17** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-27** Chapter No. 2023-14
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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/98ab35fd-85f4-4b00-9ab7-73c7c688eacc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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