# Florida SB 312: Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc.

Florida SB 312, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc., is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Don Gaetz (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-23 (Chapter No. 2025-161) (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB312-2025
- 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 312
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-06-23, Chapter No. 2025-161
- Sponsor: Don Gaetz (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Postsecondary, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (184 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: Don Gaetz (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Education Postsecondary
- Cosponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-10 | Senate | Education Postsecondary Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2025-06-23: Chapter No. 2025-161
- 2025-06-20: Approved by Governor
- 2025-06-18: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-30: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-30: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-30: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-09: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-09: Immediately certified -SJ 392 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 374 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 374 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 374 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: CS by Education Postsecondary read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: CS 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)
- 2025-02-10: On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 02/18/25, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Referred to Education Postsecondary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/er/PDF)
- c2, 2025-03-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-12: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-01-17: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/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
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/312/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-SB312-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).