Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 46 — Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Last action — Died in Education Postsecondary

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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 2025 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Removing religious colleges from the list of institutions specified as not being under the jurisdiction or purview of the Commission for Independent Education; providing requirements that must be met by nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions that operate without being licensed by the commission; requiring the commission to provide such institutions annually with a written notice of exemption from licensure and of compliance with specified requirements; requiring noncompliant institutions to submit specified documentation, apply for a license, or cease operations within a specified timeframe, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Education Postsecondary

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Rules

  5. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

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 46 do?
Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Removing religious colleges from the list of institutions specified as not being under the jurisdiction or purview of the Commission for Independent Education; providing requirements that must be met by nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions that operate without being licensed by the commission; requiring the commission to provide such institutions annually with a written notice of exemption from licensure and of compliance with specified requirements; requiring noncompliant institutions to submit specified documentation, apply for a license, or cease operations within a specified timeframe, etc.
Who sponsors SB 46?
SB 46 is sponsored by Rodriguez, Ana Maria (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 46?
This bill died with 2025 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 46?
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