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CS/CS/HB 747: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program

GENERAL BILL by Education Committee ; Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee ; Rooney ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Magar

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Delays initial award & renewal period for certain students; revises eligibility requirements for home education students; requires student, as prerequisite for Florida Academic Scholars award, Florida Medallion Scholars award, & Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award, to identify social or civic issue or professional area of interest & develop plan for personal involvement in addressing issue or learning about area; prohibits student from receiving remuneration or academic credit for volunteer service work except in certain circumstances.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
 Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/13/2015 House • Filed
    2/26/2015 House • Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee; Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee -HJ 61
    3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 61
    3/16/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee, 03/18/15, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
    3/18/2015 House • CS by Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 277
    3/19/2015 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS by Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 271
    3/20/2015 House • Original reference(s) removed: Education Appropriations Subcommittee
    • CS referred to Education Committee -HJ 284
    • Now in Education Committee -HJ 284
    3/24/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 03/26/15, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
    3/26/2015 House • CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 351
    3/30/2015 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time -HJ 350
    3/31/2015 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 353
    4/13/2015 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/15
    4/15/2015 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 545
    • Amendment(s) failed (885499) -HJ 545
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/16/2015 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 573
    • CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 1 -HJ 574
    4/21/2015 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 449
    • Received -SJ 449
    4/28/2015 Senate • Withdrawn from Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 692
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 692
    • Substituted for CS/SB 960 -SJ 692
    • Read 2nd time -SJ 692
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 692
    • CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 692
    • Reconsidered -SJ 693
    • Placed on 3rd reading -SJ 693
    5/1/2015 Senate • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/CS/HB 747, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/30/2015 at 12:46 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 960 (c1) Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program Lee Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 S Laid on Table -SJ 692
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill
    S 948 (c2) Education Gaetz Compare Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill
    S 1140 (c1) Bright Futures Scholarship Program Montford Compare Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    885499 - Amendment
    Remove lines 64-75 and insert:     		Tobia 4/14/2015
    12:49 PM     		House: Failed
    4/15/2015     		PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/16/2015 11:58 AM House 111 Yeas - 1 Nays
    4/28/2015 2:03 PM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; student eligibility requirements for initial awards. Page 2 (pdf)
    1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. Page 5 (pdf)
    1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award. Page 7 (pdf)
    1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. Page 10 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 747, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/19/2015 at 11:19 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Education Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/30/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 960 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program Lee Compare Last Action: 4/28/2015 S Laid on Table -SJ 692
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill
    S 1140 Bright Futures Scholarship Program Montford Compare Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (6)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    647671 - Amendment
    Remove lines 155-162 and insert:     		Rooney 3/25/2015
    6:22 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/26/2015     		PDF
    188609 - Amendment
    Remove lines 157-162 and insert:     		Rooney 3/25/2015
    1:31 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/26/2015     		PDF
    628271 - Amendment
    Remove lines 220-226 and insert:     		Rooney 3/25/2015
    6:24 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/26/2015     		PDF
    632817 - Amendment
    Remove lines 221-226 and insert:     		Rooney 3/25/2015
    1:32 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/26/2015     		PDF
    515535 - Amendment
    Remove lines 264-271 and insert:     		Rooney 3/25/2015
    6:26 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/26/2015     		PDF
    596735 - Amendment
    Remove lines 266-271 and insert:     		Rooney 3/25/2015
    1:32 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/26/2015     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; student eligibility requirements for initial awards. Page 2 (pdf)
    1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. Page 5 (pdf)
    1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award. Page 7 (pdf)
    1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. Page 9 (pdf)

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  • HB 747, Original Filed Version Posted 2/13/2015 at 1:17 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 960 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program Lee Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 S Laid on Table -SJ 692
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    023725 - Amendment
    Between lines 20 and 21, insert:     		Porter 3/17/2015
    6:31 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/18/2015     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. Page 1 (pdf)
    1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award. Page 4 (pdf)
    1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. Page 6 (pdf)

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