HB 5601 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Higher Education

Summary

Higher Education; Transfers specified assets & liabilities between USF Sarasota/Manatee & New College of Florida; revises provisions relating to Title IX, tuition rates for certain postsecondary students; & removes future repeal of specified amendments to Florida Statutes.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 16, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

Floor votes · House Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

77–28

Passed · 13 other

Total votes 118

Feb 19, 2026

D Democratic34

2 Yea 26 Nay 6

76% Nay

R Republican84

75 Yea 2 Nay 7

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 3, 2026

Introduced

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Introduced

Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Appropriations (160978); YEAS 17 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee appointed

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed; YEAS 76, NAYS 28

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors