The Florida Senate

SB 944: Out-of-state Fee Waivers for Active Duty Service Members

GENERAL BILL by Richter ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

Out-of-state Fee Waivers for Active Duty Service Members; Requiring state universities, Florida College System institutions, and certain centers to waive out-of-state fees for active duty members of the United States Armed Forces residing or stationed outside of this state; prohibiting tuition and fees charged to such students from exceeding a specified amount, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/23/2015	Senate	• Filed
  12/11/2015	Senate	• Referred to Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 71
  1/12/2016	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 71
  2/3/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Higher Education, 02/08/16, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/8/2016	Senate	• Favorable by Higher Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 344
  2/9/2016	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education -SJ 344
  2/12/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 02/17/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/17/2016	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 425 • Now in Appropriations -SJ 425
  2/22/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/25/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/25/2016	Senate	• Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 497
  2/26/2016	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 497
  3/1/2016	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/16
  3/3/2016	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 616 • Substituted HB 799 -SJ 616 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 799 (Ch. 2016-136) -SJ 616

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• SB 944, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/23/2015 at 12:45 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Higher Education (Pre-Meeting) 2/5/2016 (pdf) Higher Education (Post-Meeting) 2/9/2016 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Pre-Meeting) 2/16/2016 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2016 (pdf) Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 2/24/2016 (pdf) Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/26/2016 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 799 (er)	Out-of-State Fee Waivers for Active Duty Servicemembers	Avila, Sprowls	Identical	Last Action: 3/28/2016 Chapter No. 2016-136 Location: Became Law

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  2/8/2016 4:00 PM	Higher Education	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/17/2016 10:00 AM	Appropriations Subcommittee on Education	5 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/25/2016 10:00 AM	Appropriations	16 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1009.26	Fee waivers.	Page 1 (pdf)

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