Florida · House Bill 125 · 2025 Regular Session

Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions

HB 125 Sponsored by John Paul Temple Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 8, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 15, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Removes religious colleges from list of institutions specified as not being under jurisdiction or purview of Commission for Independent Education; provides requirements that must be met by nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions that operate without being licensed by commission; provides duties & requirements of the commission & institutions; & provides specified persons are subject to certain criminal penalties.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Education & Employment Committee · House Education & Employment Committee
  4. CommitteeNow in Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee
  5. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  6. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  7. CommitteeDied in Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.