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

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Education Pre-K - 12 ; Jones

Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws authorizing a head coach to support the welfare of a student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to the student; requiring the head 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: 2/10/2026 Senate - Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
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)
    1/22/2026 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    • CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
    1/29/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/3/2026 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
    2/4/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
    • Now in Rules
    2/5/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/10/2026 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0

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  • CS/CS/SB 178, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/4/2026 at 8:06 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/9/2026 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/10/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1253 (c1) Athletics in Public K-12 Schools Student Academic Success Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/6/2026 H Now in Education & Employment Committee

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/10/2026 9:00 AM Rules 24 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 4 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 178, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/21/2026 at 11:13 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2026 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1253 Athletics in Public K-12 Schools Student Academic Success Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 2/6/2026 H Now in Education & Employment Committee

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    611846 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Judiciary
    (Jones)
    2/2/2026
    12:40 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/3/2026
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/3/2026 1:00 PM Judiciary 10 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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  • 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 Student Academic Success Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/6/2026 H Now in Education & Employment Committee

    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
    PDF

    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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