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Education (HB1279)

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55

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Florida

2026

This bill updates Florida’s education system by requiring organizations that serve the blind to provide clear disclosures and meet certain standards. It also sets new rules for vocational rehabilitation providers regarding applications, evaluations, and rates. It changes how public universities and colleges measure graduation rates, award performance-based funding, and determine grades and dual enrollment eligibility. Nonresident, noncitizen enrollment is capped at 10% (no more than 5% from any country), and state financial aid is limited to U.S. citizens or lawfully present residents, excluding most international students. Special provisions for homeless student eligibility are also included.

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Bill Number
HB1279
Motion Text
Passage, Third Reading  [source]
Motion Date
2026-03-03 00:00:00
Motion Result
pass
Vote type
Floor Vote
Represen­tative name District voted Represen­tative voted Account­ability Voter Tally
Michelle Salzman (R) Florida-1
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Alex Andrade (R) Florida-2
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nathan Boyles (R) Florida-3
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Patt Maney (R) Florida-4
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Shane Abbott (R) Florida-5
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Griff Griffitts (R) Florida-6
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jason Shoaf (R) Florida-7
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Gallop Franklin (D) Florida-8
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Allison Tant (D) Florida-9
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chuck Brannan (R) Florida-10
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Sam Garrison (R) Florida-11
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Wyman Duggan (R) Florida-12
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Angie Nixon (D) Florida-13
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Daniels (D) Florida-14
No Yes No Yes: 0
No: 1
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Dean Black (R) Florida-15
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kiyan Michael (R) Florida-16
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jessica Baker (R) Florida-17
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Kendall (R) Florida-18
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Sam Greco (R) Florida-19
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Judson Sapp (R) Florida-20
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Yvonne Hinson (D) Florida-21
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chad Johnson (R) Florida-22
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
J.J. Grow (R) Florida-23
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ryan Chamberlin (R) Florida-24
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Taylor Yarkosky (R) Florida-25
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nan Cobb (R) Florida-26
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Richard Gentry (R) Florida-27
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Partington (R) Florida-28
Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Webster Barnaby (R) Florida-29
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chase Tramont (R) Florida-30
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tyler Sirois (R) Florida-31
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Brian Hodgers (R) Florida-32
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Monique Miller (R) Florida-33
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Robbie Brackett (R) Florida-34
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Erika Booth (R) Florida-35
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rachel Plakon (R) Florida-36
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Susan Plasencia (R) Florida-37
No Yes No Yes: 0
No: 1
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Dave Smith (R) Florida-38
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Doug Bankson (R) Florida-39
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
RaShon Young (D) Florida-40
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bruce Antone (D) Florida-41
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Anna Eskamani (D) Florida-42
No No Yes Yes: 0
No: 3
Abstain: 0
Total: 3
Johanna López (D) Florida-43
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rita Harris (D) Florida-44
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Leonard Spencer (D) Florida-45
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jose Alvarez (D) Florida-46
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Paula Stark (R) Florida-47
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jon Albert (R) Florida-48
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jennifer Kincart Jonsson (R) Florida-49
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jennifer Canady (R) Florida-50
Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Josie Tomkow (R) Florida-51
Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
John Temple (R) Florida-52
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jeff Holcomb (R) Florida-53
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Randy Maggard (R) Florida-54
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kevin Steele (R) Florida-55
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Brad Yeager (R) Florida-56
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Adam Anderson (R) Florida-57
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Berfield (R) Florida-58
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Berny Jacques (R) Florida-59
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lindsay Cross (D) Florida-60
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Linda Chaney (R) Florida-61
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Michele Rayner (D) Florida-62
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dianne Hart-Lowman (D) Florida-63
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Susan Valdés (R) Florida-64
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karen Gonzalez Pittman (R) Florida-65
Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Traci Koster (R) Florida-66
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Fentrice Driskell (D) Florida-67
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lawrence McClure (R) Florida-68
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danny Alvarez (R) Florida-69
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Michael Owen (R) Florida-70
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Will Robinson (R) Florida-71
Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 1
Abstain: 0
Total: 2
Bill Conerly (R) Florida-72
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Fiona McFarland (R) Florida-73
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
James Buchanan (R) Florida-74
No Yes No Yes: 0
No: 1
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Danny Nix (R) Florida-75
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Vanessa Oliver (R) Florida-76
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tiffany Esposito (R) Florida-77
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R) Florida-78
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Giallombardo (R) Florida-79
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Adam Botana (R) Florida-80
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Yvette Benarroch (R) Florida-81
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lauren Melo (R) Florida-82
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kaylee Tuck (R) Florida-83
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dana Trabulsy (R) Florida-84
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Toby Overdorf (R) Florida-85
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
John Snyder (R) Florida-86
No Yes No Yes: 0
No: 1
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Mike Caruso (R) Florida-87
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tae Edmonds (D) Florida-88
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Debra Tendrich (D) Florida-89
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Joe Casello (D) Florida-90
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rob Long (D) Florida-90
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Peggy Gossett-Seidman (R) Florida-91
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kelly Skidmore (D) Florida-92
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Anne Gerwig (R) Florida-93
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Meg Weinberger (R) Florida-94
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Christine Hunschofsky (D) Florida-95
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dan Daley (D) Florida-96
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lisa Dunkley (D) Florida-97
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mitch Rosenwald (D) Florida-98
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Daryl Campbell (D) Florida-99
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chip LaMarca (R) Florida-100
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Hillary Cassel (R) Florida-101
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Gottlieb (D) Florida-102
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Robin Bartleman (D) Florida-103
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Felicia Robinson (D) Florida-104
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Marie Woodson (D) Florida-105
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Fabián Basabe (R) Florida-106
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Wallace Aristide (D) Florida-107
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dotie Joseph (D) Florida-108
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ashley Gantt (D) Florida-109
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tom Fabricio (R) Florida-110
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Borrero (R) Florida-111
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Alex Rizo (R) Florida-112
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Vicki Lopez (R) Florida-113
Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Demi Busatta (R) Florida-114
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Omar Blanco (R) Florida-115
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Daniel Perez (R) Florida-116
No Yes No Yes: 0
No: 1
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Kevin Chambliss (D) Florida-117
Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Redondo (R) Florida-118
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Juan Porras (R) Florida-119
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jim Mooney (R) Florida-120
Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0

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