# Florida SB 1726: Higher Education

Florida SB 1726, 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 SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199)) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1726-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1726
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Higher Education
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-28
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199)
- Sponsor: Alexis Calatayud (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Postsecondary, Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (32 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: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 20 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | Education Postsecondary Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-06-16: Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199) (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- 2025-05-03: Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration (Senate)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)
- 2025-04-28: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 3 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2025-06-16: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-04-14: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-28: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/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/2025/1726/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1726/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-SB1726-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).