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Related Bills (4)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location Relationship Learn more about bill relationships H 1325 (c2) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund
Last Action: 2/25/2026 H Added to Second Reading CalendarCompare H 5001 by Budget Committee
General Appropriations Act
Last Action: 2/23/2026 H Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)Compare S 1246 (c1) by Davis
Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund
Last Action: 2/26/2026 H In MessagesCompare S 2500 by Appropriations
Appropriations
Last Action: 2/20/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001 -SJ 378Compare -
Analyses (1)
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- Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/19/2026
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Floor Votes (1)
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Date Chamber Result 2/20/2026 10:58 AM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays -
Citations - Statute (3)
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Bill History
S = Senate, H = House
2/13/2026 S • Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/18/2026 S • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
• Filed
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
2/19/2026 S • Introduced
2/20/2026 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 416
• Read 3rd time -SJ 416
• Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 416
• 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 417
• Immediately certified -SJ 419
2/20/2026 H • In Messages
SB 2516: Higher Education
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations
Higher Education; Establishing the Florida Center for Nursing within the University of South Florida; providing that a specified fee waiver applies to a student’s out-of-pocket expenses for tuition and fees after other aid is applied; providing that the LINE Fund was established for shortages in health science professions in addition to nursing; requiring institutions awarded grant funds to submit an annual report by a certain date to the center instead of the Board of Governors or the Department of Education; requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to provide specified data to the department, etc.
Current Bill Version Posted: 2/18/2026 07:27 PM