Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions
- Introduced Nov 20, 2024
- In committee Jan 15, 2025
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Oct 1, 2025
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Removing religious colleges from the list of institutions specified as not being under the jurisdiction or purview of the Commission for Independent Education; providing requirements that must be met by nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions that operate without being licensed by the commission; requiring the commission to provide such institutions annually with a written notice of exemption from…
Read the full title (84 words)
Removing religious colleges from the list of institutions specified as not being under the jurisdiction or purview of the Commission for Independent Education; providing requirements that must be met by nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions that operate without being licensed by the commission; requiring the commission to provide such institutions annually with a written notice of exemption from licensure and of compliance with specified requirements; requiring noncompliant institutions to submit specified documentation, apply for a license, or cease operations within a specified timeframe, etc.
Every action
5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Rules · Senate Education Postsecondary
- SenateIntroduced
- SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CommitteeDied in Education Postsecondary · Senate Education Postsecondary
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Ana Maria RodriguezR Primary sponsor · District 40
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.