Florida · House Bill 45 · 2025 Regular Session
Resident Status for Tuition Purposes
- Introduced Dec 10, 2024
- In committee Jan 6, 2025
- Passed the House
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2025
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Provides that person may not lose his or her resident status for tuition purposes due solely to his or her incarceration in specified correctional facilities.
Every action
12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Education & Employment Committee · House Education & Employment Committee
- CommitteeNow in Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee
- House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- CommitteeAdded to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda · House Education Administration Subcommittee
- CommitteeFavorable by Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee18–0 vote
- CommitteeReported out of Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee
- CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Roll calls
1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Committee votes
| Date | Where | Question | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2025 | House Education Administration Subcommittee | Favorable by Education Administration Subcommittee MembersYes · 18 |
Passed 18–0 |
Sponsors
The 2 members who introduced it.
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Jervonte "Tae" EdmondsD Primary sponsor · District 88
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Ashley Viola GanttD Primary sponsor · District 109
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.