2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S0508: Family Empowerment Scholarship Program
Legislative Summary
Requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to certain parents before their student's initial enrollment in the school; providing private school requirements relating to certain services, etc.
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Bill History
2/5/2025
Filed
Senate
2/20/2025
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/6/2025
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Senate
3/11/2025
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Senate
3/12/2025
Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Senate
3/21/2025
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
Senate
3/26/2025
CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Senate
3/28/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
3/28/2025
Now in Rules
Senate
4/2/2025
CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
Senate
4/3/2025
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
4/8/2025
CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
Senate
4/9/2025
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
4/9/2025
CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
Senate
4/10/2025
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Senate
4/21/2025
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
Senate
4/23/2025
Read 2nd time
Senate
4/23/2025
Read 3rd time
Senate
4/23/2025
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1
Senate
4/23/2025
In Messages
House of Representatives
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
House of Representatives
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #948812
3/25/2025Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #583820
3/10/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate: Third Reading RCS#7
4/23/2025
37
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Rules
4/8/2025
24
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
3/26/2025
9
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
3/11/2025
9
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(4/23/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Shevrin Jones
Democrat