Florida · House Bill 17 · 2025 Regular Session

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program

HB 17 Sponsored by Yvonne Hayes Hinson and Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 6, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 6, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

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

Requires public middle schools to provide for administration of PSAT/NMSQT to students who meet specified criteria for specified purposes relating to Florida Bright Futures Program; requires specified test preparation resources & information be provided to certain students; provides for funding for such assessments & resources; & revises eligibility criteria for certain awards under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

Every action

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

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 HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it, joined by 3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.

All 3 cosponsors

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.