Florida · House Bill 579 · 2026 Regular Session

Family Empowerment Scholarship Program

HB 579 Sponsored by Robin Bartleman Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 2, 2025
  2. In committee Dec 12, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

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

Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; Requires private schools participating in FES Program to provide specified information in writing to certain parents before their student's initial enrollment in school; & provides private school requirements relating to certain services.

Every action

6 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 Education & Employment Committee · House Education & Employment Committee
  4. CommitteeNow in Student Academic Success Subcommittee · House Student Academic Success Subcommittee
  5. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  6. CommitteeDied in Student Academic Success Subcommittee · House Student Academic Success Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

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