# Florida SB 270: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program

Florida SB 270, Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Danny Burgess (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-30 (Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109), CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110) -SJ 867); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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- 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 270
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-15
- Last action: 2025-04-30, Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109), CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110) -SJ 867
- Sponsor: Danny Burgess (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Postsecondary, Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, Appropriations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (32 yes, 0 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: Danny Burgess (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
- Cosponsor: Education Postsecondary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Education Postsecondary Vote | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-04-30: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109), CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110) -SJ 867 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 -SJ 867 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time -SJ 867 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 641 (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 597 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Retained on Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Remaining references corrected to Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: CS by Education Postsecondary read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: CS by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 02/18/25, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-02-19: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-01-15: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/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/2025/270/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/270/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-SB270-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).