Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for HB 7125 Ì885310tÎ885310 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: NC/2R . 05/01/2019 07:37 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Rodriguez moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 5560 and 5561 4 insert: 5 Section 77. Section 1009.02, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 1009.02 Eligibility for educational scholarships upon 8 restoration of voting rights.—Notwithstanding any other 9 provision of this chapter, a person who has had his or her 10 voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State 11 Constitution upon the completion of all terms of his or her 12 sentence for a felony conviction for an offense other than 13 murder or a felony sexual offense is eligible to be awarded any 14 scholarship, grant, or other aid for higher education or 15 vocational training under this chapter so long as he or she 16 meets all other requirements to be awarded the scholarship, 17 grant, or other aid. 18 Section 78. If any provision of this act or an act passed 19 by the Legislature relating to the implementation of s. 4, 20 Article VI of the State Constitution is held to be invalid, the 21 invalidity does not affect the provisions of this act which can 22 be given effect without the invalid provision or application, 23 and to this end this act is severable. 24 25 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 26 And the title is amended as follows: 27 Delete line 428 28 and insert: 29 made by the act; creating s. 1009.02, F.S.; specifying 30 eligibility for educational scholarships, grants, or 31 other aid for persons who have had voting rights 32 restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State 33 Constitution; providing for severability; providing 34 effective dates.