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type: "Bill"
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title: "Swimming Lesson Voucher Program"
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description: "Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; Creating the program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the department to establish a network of swimming lesson vendors to participate in the program; requiring the department or a contracted nonprofit organization to attempt to secure a vendor in each county; specifying eligibility criteria for the program, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 544"
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citation: "Florida SB 544 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(adopted)"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-89"
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primary_sponsors: ["Health Policy", "Hutson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-11-20"
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last_action: "2024-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7036726b-dc3d-4a09-87d9-73519b8a1115"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/544/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "f07fd4fe6d095ba90f4c22aff87deb171519989db1639b6eb9509e8ebd9d59c0"
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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 544 (2024) — Swimming Lesson Voucher Program
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Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; Creating the program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the department to establish a network of swimming lesson vendors to participate in the program; requiring the department or a contracted nonprofit organization to attempt to secure a vendor in each county; specifying eligibility criteria for the program, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-89.
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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 544 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/544/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 544 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/544/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 544 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/544/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 544 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/544/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Health Policy — primary (person)
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- Hutson — primary (person)
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- Berman — cosponsor (person)
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- Book — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-12-05** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/16/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2024-01-16** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2024-01-17** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2024-01-17** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
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- **2024-01-18** Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 01/24/24, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2024-01-24** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-25** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2024-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/31/24, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
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- **2024-01-31** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/24
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- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-14** Amendment(s) adopted (711612)
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- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Immediately certified
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- **2024-02-14** In Messages
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- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
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- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-16** Chapter No. 2024-89
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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/7036726b-dc3d-4a09-87d9-73519b8a1115`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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