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CS/SB 178: Athletics in Public K-12 Schools

GENERAL BILL by Education Pre-K - 12 ; Jones

Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws authorizing a coach to support the welfare of a student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to the student; requiring the coach to report such use of personal funds to the association; providing that such use of personal funds is presumed not to be an impermissible benefit, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/21/2026 Senate - Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/14/2025 Senate • Filed
    11/3/2025 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Rules
    1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
    1/15/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    1/20/2026 Senate • CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    1/21/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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  • CS/SB 178, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/21/2026 at 11:13 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1253 Athletics in Public K-12 Schools LaMarca Identical Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    768.135 Volunteer team physicians; immunity. Page 2 (pdf)
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 2 (pdf)
    1006.165 Well-being of students participating in extracurricular activities; training. Page 3 (pdf)
    1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools. Page 1 (pdf)
    1012.468 Exceptions to certain fingerprinting and criminal history checks. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 178, Original Filed Version Posted 10/14/2025 at 12:28 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Education Pre-K - 12 (Pre-Meeting) 1/16/2026 (pdf)
    Education Pre-K - 12 (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1253 Athletics in Public K-12 Schools LaMarca Similar Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    739582 - Amendment
    Between lines 35 and 36 insert:     		Education Pre-K - 12
    (Jones)     		1/16/2026
    3:01 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/21/2026     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/20/2026 1:00 PM Education Pre-K - 12 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    768.135 Volunteer team physicians; immunity. Page 2 (pdf)
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 2 (pdf)
    1006.165 Well-being of students participating in extracurricular activities; training. Page 3 (pdf)
    1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools. Page 1 (pdf)
    1012.468 Exceptions to certain fingerprinting and criminal history checks. Page 3 (pdf)

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