HB 631 2025 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb631-00 Page 1 of 1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S A bill to be entitled 1 An act relating to state university student fee 2 waivers; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring state 3 universities to waive specified fees for graduate 4 students who meet a specified full -time equivalent 5 appointment requirement; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Present subsections (16) through (21) of 10 section 1009.26, Florida Stat utes, are redesignated as 11 subsections (17) through (22), respectively, and a new 12 subsection (16) is added to that section, to read: 13 1009.26 Fee waivers. — 14 (16) A state university shall waive the fees imposed in s. 15 1009.24(7)-(13) for a graduate student who has at least a 0.25 16 full-time equivalent appointment or greater as a graduate 17 assistant, graduate research assistant, graduate teaching 18 assistant, graduate research associate, or graduate teaching 19 associate. 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 21