Relating to dual credit programs.
SB 784 updates statewide standards for dual credit programs to explicitly include agriculture, forestry, and natural resources fields. It requires career and technical student organizations (including those focused on these fields) to collaborate on assessing program quality and ensuring course content aligns with industry standards. This change applies to all dual credit programs approved under state standards. The law takes effect January 1, 2026.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed May 22, 2025
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May 22, 2025
MODERATE
The bill transitioned from an A-Engrossed version to an Enrolled version, adding sponsorship details, removing editorial summaries, and including final signatures from legislative officers and the Governor. The substantive policy content regarding dual credit program standards remains unchanged.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and procedural elements were updated to reflect final passage.
TECHNICAL
Added sponsorship list with full names of Senators and Representatives, including a note that the bill was filed before the regular session.
Removed the editor's summary section that explained the bill's digest and readability score.
Added official Enrolled page headers with dates of passage by Senate and House, and signature lines for legislative officers and the Governor.
Removed the LC number (2993) and formatting notes about boldfaced and italicized text that were used during the legislative process.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 17, 2025 · House May 14, 2025
How they voted
27–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 29
Apr 17, 2025
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
4
May 22, 2025
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed.
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development.
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education.
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
2 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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