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.
Last Action: 2/10/2026 Senate - Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- Judiciary (JU)
- 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) -
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 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
2/3/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee 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) -
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 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
1/21/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee 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)