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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 46: Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 46 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 20, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Education Postsecondary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions; 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Education Postsecondary
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Rules
  5. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source