# Florida SB 7030: Educational Scholarship Programs

Florida SB 7030, Educational Scholarship Programs, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Appropriations; status failed, last action 2025-06-16 (Died in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110), SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 7030
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Educational Scholarship Programs
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-21
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Died in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110), SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198)
- Sponsor: Appropriations
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Appropriations, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (141 yes, 30 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: Appropriations
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 35 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 80 | 27 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Vote | pass | 8 | 1 |   |

## Actions (36)

- 2025-06-16: Died in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110), SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198) (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Hooper (Chair), Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow, Boyd (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Garcia (Chair), Ingoglia, Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Rouson, Simon, Wright, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Trumbull (Chair), Berman, Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Gruters, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, Boyd (At Large), Passidomo (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Harrell (Chair), Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, Leek, Smith, Trumbull, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12: Burgess (Chair), Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development: DiCeglie (Chair), Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Collins, Grall, Ingoglia, Leek, Martin, McClain, Polsky, Sharief, Smith, Truenow, Wright, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget) (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Conference Committee appointed (House)
- 2025-06-02: Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget) (House)
- 2025-04-10: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Passed the Senate bill as amended by House and we accede to conference (House)
- 2025-04-09: CS passed as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 27 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-09: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-09: Amendment 225079 adopted (House)
- 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-09: Read 1st time (House)
- 2025-04-09: Substituted for HB 5101 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-09: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-09: Immediately certified -SJ 368 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference -SJ 368 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 -SJ 368 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 368 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Amendment(s) adopted (247708, 548044) -SJ 368 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 367 (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: CS by Appropriations read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: CS 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)
- 2025-03-28: Referred to Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: Filed (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Submitted for consideration by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Senate)

## Bill text

- e1, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c1, 2025-04-04: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-03-28: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- pb, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/pb/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/pb/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
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- [pb (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/pb/HTML)
- [pb (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/7030/BillText/pb/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-SB7030-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).