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CS/SB 520: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Lee ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz ; Stargel ; Montford

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Providing that the initial award period and the renewal period for students who are unable to accept an initial award immediately after completion of high school due to a full-time religious or service obligation begin upon the completion of the religious or service obligation; requiring a student, as a prerequisite for the Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award, to identify a civic issue or a professional area of interest and develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/2/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 793 (Ch. 2016-91) -SJ 562
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Higher Education (HE)
Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
10/13/2015	Senate	• Filed
10/21/2015	Senate	• Referred to Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 38
11/9/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Higher Education, 11/17/15, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
11/17/2015	Senate	• Favorable by Higher Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 124
11/18/2015	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education -SJ 124
11/23/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 12/03/15, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
12/3/2015	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
12/7/2015	Senate	• Now in Fiscal Policy
1/11/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/14/16, 10:45 am, 412 Knott Building
1/12/2016	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 38
1/14/2016	Senate	• CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 218
1/15/2016	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 218 • CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time -SJ 219
2/29/2016	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/16
3/2/2016	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 562 • Substituted CS/HB 793 -SJ 562 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 793 (Ch. 2016-91) -SJ 562

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CS/SB 520, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/15/2016 at 8:37 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (2)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 793 (er)	Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program	O'Toole	Similar	Last Action: 3/24/2016 Chapter No. 2016-91 Location: Became Law
S 990	Bright Futures Scholarship Program	Montford	Compare	Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Higher Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 793 (Ch. 2016-91) Location: In committee/council (HE)

Floor Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
410656 - Amendment Between lines 441 and 442 insert:	Lee	3/1/2016 4:55 PM	Senate: Withdrawn 3/2/2016	Web Page PDF

Citations - Statutes (5)

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)
1009.532	Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; student eligibility requirements for renewal awards.	Page 5 (pdf)
1009.534	Florida Academic Scholars award.	Page 6 (pdf)
1009.535	Florida Medallion Scholars award.	Page 9 (pdf)
1009.536	Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award.	Page 11 (pdf)

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SB 520, Original Filed Version Posted 10/13/2015 at 2:35 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Higher Education (Pre-Meeting) 11/16/2015 (pdf) Higher Education (Post-Meeting) 11/18/2015 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Pre-Meeting) 12/2/2015 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Post-Meeting) 12/18/2015 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/13/2016 (pdf) Fiscal Policy PCS 426584 (Pre-Meeting) 1/13/2016 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/14/2016 (pdf)

Related Bills (2)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 793	Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program	O'Toole	Identical	Last Action: 3/24/2016 Chapter No. 2016-91 Location: Became Law
S 990	Bright Futures Scholarship Program	Montford	Compare	Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Higher Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 793 (Ch. 2016-91) Location: In committee/council (HE)

Proposed Committee Substitutes (1)

PCS and Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
426584 - Proposed Committee Substitute	Fiscal Policy	12/7/2015 4:45 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/14/2016	Web Page PDF
518168 - Amendment (426584) Delete lines 141 - 386 and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Bradley)	1/13/2016 12:24 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/14/2016	Web Page PDF

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
143430 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Gaetz)	12/2/2015 12:42 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 12/7/2015	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (3)

Date	Committee	Result
11/17/2015 10:00 AM	Higher Education	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
12/3/2015 3:30 PM	Appropriations Subcommittee on Education	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
1/14/2016 10:45 AM	Fiscal Policy	10 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 9 (pdf)

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