Florida 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 506 — Hope Scholarship Program

Last action — Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Hope Scholarship Program; Revising the purpose of the Hope Scholarship Program; revising program eligibility; providing for the use of funds under the program; revising school district, Department of Education, parent, and nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obligations under the program; authorizing payment of scholarship funds by organizations to be made by deposit into the student’s account instead of by individual warrant made payable to the student’s parent, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

  5. Favorable by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 4

  6. On Committee agenda-- Education, 11/30/21, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  7. Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations

  8. Filed

Sponsors

  • Diaz · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Diaz

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 506 do?
Hope Scholarship Program; Revising the purpose of the Hope Scholarship Program; revising program eligibility; providing for the use of funds under the program; revising school district, Department of Education, parent, and nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obligations under the program; authorizing payment of scholarship funds by organizations to be made by deposit into the student’s account instead of by individual warrant made payable to the student’s parent, etc.
Who sponsors SB 506?
SB 506 is sponsored by Diaz.
What is the current status of SB 506?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 506?
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