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Bill	State University Unexpended Funds	State University Unexpended Funds; Authorizes state university to retain & report annual reserve balance exceeding specified amount; & authorizes state university's carry forward spending plan to include reserve fund to be used for authorized expenses in subsequent years.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 707	Florida HB 707 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-124	Silvers	3	44	2	2023-12-04	2024-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2e62c33a-fa50-4d2b-953d-00b90d982821	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/707/ByCategory	21187868ab634e8819e92cb1e9599ef49a6c56554f7aa613c050758e381687a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 707 (2024) — State University Unexpended Funds

State University Unexpended Funds; Authorizes state university to retain & report annual reserve balance exceeding specified amount; & authorizes state university's carry forward spending plan to include reserve fund to be used for authorized expenses in subsequent years.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-124.

Version chain

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

1. H 707 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 707 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 707 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Silvers — primary (person)
• Driskell — cosponsor (person)
• López, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Mooney — cosponsor (person)
• Valdés — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-04 Filed filing
• 2023-12-19 Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-19 Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-19 Referred to Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2023-12-19 Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-19 Favorable with CS by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-19 Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2024-01-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-19 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Now in Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
• 2024-01-22 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-23 Added to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-25 Favorable by Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-26 Reported out of Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
• 2024-01-26 Now in Appropriations Committee
• 2024-02-06 Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
• 2024-02-08 Favorable by Appropriations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 Reported out of Appropriations Committee
• 2024-02-08 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-02-08 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
• 2024-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 passage
• 2024-02-28 In Messages
• 2024-02-28 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-01 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
• 2024-03-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-01 Substituted for CS/SB 1128
• 2024-03-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-01 In Messages
• 2024-03-01 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-26 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-29 Chapter No. 2024-124

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e62c33a-fa50-4d2b-953d-00b90d982821. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).