Florida Governor DeSantis vetoes the tuition bill and signs two others. Here’s what you need to know

TALHAASSEE, Fla. – On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a college tuition bill and signed two other bills into law.

The vetoed bill, SB 62, was intended to prevent people from losing their residency status for tuition purposes as a result of incarceration.

“Florida’s higher education system has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for nearly a decade, thanks in part to the state’s investments in our institutions over that same period,” DeSantis wrote in his veto letter. “We should not reward criminal activity by offering prisoners the same benefits as law-abiding citizens.”

Meanwhile, DeSantis signed two other bills. They are as follows:

HB479 — Alternative mobility

House Bill 479 defines “mobility allowance” and “mobility plan” for the state’s Community Planning Act.

The law will come into effect on October 1.

SB 1198 — Corporate actions

Senate Bill 1198 establishes a ratification process for corporate actions that may not have been properly authorized and for shares that may have been improperly issued.

The intention is that this procedure will only be available if there is objective evidence that a corporate action has been ‘defectively executed’.

The law only applies to the following types of companies:

• LLC

• Company

• Non-profit company

The law comes into effect on July 1.

Nearly 180 other bills will also come into effect on July 1. For a full list of these new laws, click here.

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