HB 5601-E: Higher Education
GENERAL BILL by Busatta
Higher Education; Transfers specified assets & liabilities between USF Sarasota/Manatee & New College of Florida; revises provisions relating to Title IX, tuition rates for certain postsecondary students; & removes future repeal of specified amendments to Florida Statutes.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/29/2026 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/29/2026 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 5/5/2026 House • Filed
• Bill referred to House Calendar
5/12/2026 House • Read 1st time
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
• Read 2nd time
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 26
• Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
5/12/2026 Senate • In Messages
• Received
• Referred to Appropriations
• Withdrawn from Appropriations
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for SB 2516-E
• Read 2nd time
• Amendment(s) adopted (926488)
• Read 3rd time
• Passed as amended; YEAS 32 NAYS 0
• The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference
5/12/2026 House • In Messages
• Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
• Conference Committee appointed
5/12/2026 Senate • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
• Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Senator Garcia, Chair; Senators Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Simon, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senators Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, and Sharief; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Senator Harrell, Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, and Leek; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/Pre-K – 12: Senator Burgess, Chair; Senators Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Massullo, Nathan, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation & Economic Development: Senator DiCeglie, Chair; Senators Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Bracy Davis, Grall, Leek, Martin, Mayfield, McClain, Polsky, Smith, Truenow, and Wright.
5/28/2026 House • Added to Conference Report Calendar
5/29/2026 House • Conference Committee Report considered
• Amendment 932327 adopted
• Conference Committee Report adopted
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 76, NAYS 28
5/29/2026 Senate • In returning messages
• Conference Committee Report received
• Conference Committee Report adopted (932327)
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 32 NAYS 2
5/29/2026 House • In Messages
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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HB 5601-E, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/5/2026 at 3:32 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education 5/28/2026 (pdf)
Higher Education Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 5/5/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 5001E General Appropriations Act McClure Compare Last Action: 5/29/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled 
S 2500E Appropriations Hooper Compare Last Action: 5/12/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001-E
S 2516E Higher Education Harrell Compare Last Action: 5/12/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5601-E
Floor Amendments (2)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format 926488 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Harrell 5/12/2026
10:43 AMSenate: Receded
5/29/2026Web Page
PDF932327 - Conference Committee Amendment
Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:Busatta 5/26/2026
12:02 PMSenate: Adopted
5/29/2026PDF Floor Votes (4)
Date Chamber Result 5/12/2026 10:31 AM House 80 Yeas - 26 Nays 5/12/2026 11:12 AM Senate 32 Yeas - 0 Nays 5/29/2026 1:16 PM House 76 Yeas - 28 Nays 5/29/2026 1:50 PM Senate 32 Yeas - 2 Nays Citations - Statutes (7)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors. Page 2 (pdf) 1004.342 Page 3 (pdf) 1004.344 The Florida Center for the Partnerships for Arts Integrated Teaching. Page 9 (pdf) 1009.24 State university student fees. Page 10 (pdf) 1011.45 End of year balance of funds. Page 15 (pdf) 1011.90 State university funding. Page 17 (pdf) 1013.01 Definitions. Page 17 (pdf) Citations - Chapter Law (3)
Chapter Law Section Amended Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 2025-199 Section 5 Page 14 (pdf) 2025-199 Section 7 Page 14 (pdf) 2025-199 Section 9 Page 14 (pdf)