Bill Sponsor
Florida Senate Bill 318
Session 2026
Educational Scholarship Programs
Active
Active
Passed Senate on Jan 14, 2026
Sponsors
Committee
Appropriations
First Action
Nov 21, 2025
Latest Action
Jan 14, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
318
State
Florida
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Committee
Appropriations
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Cosponsor
Republican
Cosponsor
Summary
Educational Scholarship Programs; Creating a categorical fund for implementing the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; creating the educational enrollment stabilization program to provide supplemental state funds to address changes in full-time equivalent student enrollment; renaming the Hope Scholarship Program as the Hope Program; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to provide a parent with certain information on scholarship programs; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to create a single application for all educational scholarship programs, etc.
Documents (10)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) (12/9/2025 9:14 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Post-Meeting) (12/12/2025 3:56 PM)
Actions (15)
01/14/2026
House
In Messages
01/14/2026
Senate
Immediately certified
01/14/2026
Senate
CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
01/14/2026
Senate
Read 3rd time
01/14/2026
Senate
Amendment(s) adopted (629180, 713876, 789314)
01/14/2026
Senate
Read 2nd time
01/13/2026
Senate
CS by Appropriations read 1st time
01/13/2026
Senate
Introduced
01/12/2026
Senate
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/14/26
12/12/2025
Senate
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
12/12/2025
Senate
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/10/2025
Senate
CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
12/01/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
11/21/2025
Senate
Referred to Appropriations
11/21/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Dec 8, 2025 9:30:00 AM
Record Updated
Jan 18, 2026 2:34:10 AM