# Florida SB 1624: Higher Education

Florida SB 1624, Higher Education, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Alexis Calatayud (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-06-16 (Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 681 (Ch. 2025-139)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1624-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1624
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Higher Education
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 681 (Ch. 2025-139)
- Sponsor: Alexis Calatayud (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Postsecondary, Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, Fiscal Policy
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (28 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alexis Calatayud (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
- Cosponsor: Fiscal Policy

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 17 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Vote | pass | 6 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-10 | Senate | Education Postsecondary Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (29)

- 2025-06-16: Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 681 (Ch. 2025-139) (Senate)
- 2025-05-03: Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 1097 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 1052 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 641 (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 597 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 553 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Retained on Special Order Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Retained on Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 421 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 392 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 03/24/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 03/10/25, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-27: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-27: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1624/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1624-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).