HB 195 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Education in Correctional Facilities for Licensed Professions

Summary
Education in Correctional Facilities for Licensed Professions; Requires Correctional Education Program to develop plan in coordination with boards of professions within DBPR, or DBPR when there is no board, for inmates to take classes for credit toward licensure requirements.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

H 195 Filed H 195 c1 · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill requires the Correctional Education Program to work with professional licensing boards to allow inmates to earn credit toward licensure for classes they take in prison. The main change is clarifying that the program must coordinate with boards within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, or directly with the department itself when no specific board exists for a profession.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on education in correctional facilities, but the coordination mechanism was expanded to include situations where no professional board exists for a given profession.
REQUIREMENT

Changed coordination requirement from 'relevant professional boards regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation' to 'relevant professional boards within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation when there is no board'.

Floor votes · House Mar 13, 2025

How they voted

210
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 23
Mar 13, 2025
D Democratic7
5 Yea 2
71% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
13
Committee
16
Mar 13, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (21-0-2)
house
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
2 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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