Florida SB 7038 mandates tuition waivers for State Guard members and requires disclosure of free services for the visually impaired
March 13, 2026
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The Frame
The bill changes the cost of higher education for Florida State Guard members and alters consumer disclosure requirements for services catering to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Florida State Guard members
They become eligible for tuition and fee waivers at state colleges and universities.
Florida College System institutions
They are required to waive tuition and fees for eligible Florida State Guard members.
Individuals who are blind or visually impaired
They will receive written disclosures regarding the availability of free alternatives to fee-based services.
Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.
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Why It Matters
The bill changes the cost of higher education for Florida State Guard members and alters consumer disclosure requirements for services catering to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible for the tuition waiver under SB 7038?
What must providers of services for the blind disclose?
News Coverage
Lobbying Activity
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
on behalf of Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2026
“Quantum computing Immigration Issues National Institute of Health CHILDReN Act EARLY Minds Act Interoperability Issues Brain Health 340B Graduate Medical Education Workforce Issues Payer Accountability Organ Transplant Legislation Healthy Competition Act Price Transparency ”
ACG Advocacy
on behalf of DREXEL UNIVERSITY
2026
“General issues impacting higher education. Research and development funding for specialty materials. Appropriations for University funding. Issues related to pediatric hospitals.”
725 STRATEGIES
on behalf of Schuerger Law Group
2026
“Lobbying to restart PCP referrals on student loan collections”
ACG Advocacy
on behalf of March Fourth
2026
“School safety/security.”
ADOBE INC
2026
“IT Modernization and Digital Service delivery issues; Digital Service Delivery IT Acquisition, and Content Authenticity and digital provenance issues; Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI); artificial intelligence; content provenance; privacy; technology in and competition issues; AI innovation and the economy; Content provenance and AI Labelling; IT modernization; Support for H.R. 9112 - CREATOR Act”
ACTE
2026
“Providing information surrounding the benefits of supporting career and technical education (CTE); Supporting the work of the House and Senate CTE Caucuses; Supporting the Skills Saving Account Act, H.R. 464; Supporting the Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act, S.4576/H.R.8896; Providing input for K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act, H.R. 8747; Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act, S. 4597/H.R.8937; opposing Interagency Agreements between the Department of Education and other agencies; sharing recommendations for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.”
AARP
2026
“P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology”
1607 STRATEGIES, LLC
on behalf of inspHIRE IO Corp. DBA Candidly
2026
“Student loan and retirement security issues. Implementation of SECURE 2.0 of 2022 Act. Access to student loan payment data to allow employees to match student loan payments with retirement savings payments. Issues related to Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019.”
2020 STRATEGIES LLC
on behalf of PDE Action
2026
“Federal Scholarship Tax Credit DC Opportunity Scholarship Program Returning Education to the States”
on behalf of Center for Creative Education, Inc.
2026
Voting Record
Favorable with Committee Substitute
Total
23
Yes
23
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (23)
Colleen Burton
Republican · yes
Bryan Ávila
Republican · yes
Erin Grall
Republican · yes
Jonathan Martin
Republican · yes
Nick DiCeglie
Republican · yes
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Republican · yes
Tracie Davis
Democratic · yes
Corey Simon
Republican · yes
Tommy Wright
Republican · yes
Ileana Garcia
Republican · yes
Lori Berman
Democratic · yes
Jason Brodeur
Republican · yes
Don Gaetz
Republican · yes
Rosalind Osgood
Democratic · yes
Darryl Rouson
Democratic · yes
Shev Jones
Democratic · yes
Jay Trumbull
Republican · yes
Kathleen Passidomo
Republican · yes
Jennifer Bradley
Republican · yes
Gayle Harrell
Republican · yes
Danny Burgess
Republican · yes
Jim Boyd
Republican · yes
Ed Hooper
Republican · yes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
Total
9
Yes
9
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee
Total
6
Yes
6
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
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