CS/SB 176: Public Postsecondary Education Safety Policies and Procedures

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, Polsky

Public Postsecondary Education Safety Policies and Procedures; Requiring state universities and Florida College System institutions to adopt and implement specified policies and procedures relating to safety; providing requirements for such policies and procedures; requiring state universities and Florida College System institutions to annually review and update the policies and procedures, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/30/2026 04:08 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Rules (RC)
  2. Education Postsecondary (HE)
  3. Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (AHE)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 77 by Woodson Public Postsecondary Safety Policies and Procedures Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Education Administration Subcommittee	Similar
  S 7038 (c2) by Education Postsecondary Education Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1279	Compare

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/9/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/10/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/10/2026 9:00 AM	S 176	Rules	24 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Floor Votes (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/19/2026 11:20 AM	Senate	37 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  1004.0983

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  10/14/2025	S	• Filed
  11/3/2025	S	• Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Rules
  1/8/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  1/13/2026	S	• Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Introduced
  1/14/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
  1/23/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 01/28/26, 3:45 pm, 110 Senate Building
  1/28/2026	S	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
  1/30/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  2/4/2026	S	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education read 1st time
  2/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/10/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/17/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  2/19/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 346 • Read 3rd time -SJ 346 • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 346 • Immediately certified -SJ 356
  2/19/2026	H	• In Messages
  3/13/2026	H	• Died in Messages