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
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Governor
Introduced May 5, 2026
Last action May 28, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2026 · House May 12, 2026
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 40
May 12, 2026
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Conference Report Calendar
lower
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and G
upper
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee appointed
lower
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
lower
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed as amended; YEAS 32 NAYS 0
upper
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (926488)
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
May 12, 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
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 26
lower
May 5, 2026
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Demi Busatta
RRepublican
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