Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2-B
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/27/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Smith) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1775 and 1776
    4  insert:
    5         Section 40. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
    6  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study to
    7  evaluate the fiscal and economic impact of fee waivers provided
    8  pursuant to s. 1009.26(12), Florida Statutes. The study’s scope
    9  must include, but need not be limited to:
   10         (a) Qualitative and quantitative costs and benefits of
   11  providing such fee waivers to students who are undocumented for
   12  federal immigration purposes.
   13         (b) Qualitative and quantitative costs and benefits of
   14  repealing or phasing out such fee waivers provided to students
   15  who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes.
   16         (2) OPPAGA shall submit a report on its findings to the
   17  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   18  Representatives by December 1, 2025.
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   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 140
   23  and insert:
   24         date; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis
   25         and Government Accountability to conduct a specified
   26         study; specifying the scope of the study; requiring
   27         the office to submit a report on the study to the
   28         Legislature by a specified date; requiring certain
   29         agreements and contracts to