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type: "Bill"
title: "School Choice"
description: "School Choice; Revises student eligibility requirements under Family Empowerment Scholarship program to include students with disabilities; revises provisions related to calculation of maximum amount of scholarship funds granted to a student with disabilities; revises provisions related to funding and payment of scholarships awarded under program; providing requirements for use of funds under program; revising program administration obligations; repeals Gardiner Scholarship Program; provides for future repeal of John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; providing certain students with disabilities are eligible for enrollment in transition-to-work programs; revising amount of eligible contributions used for administrative expenses by an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization under Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 7045"
citation: "Florida HB 7045 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-27"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e933ef-7680-44d2-ac07-589d3c62b3e2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7045/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ddf386d8506d1e2bdf621bedf985b92b32c6b790194317b3d5744e0be9d8798e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 7045 (2021) — School Choice
School Choice; Revises student eligibility requirements under Family Empowerment Scholarship program to include students with disabilities; revises provisions related to calculation of maximum amount of scholarship funds granted to a student with disabilities; revises provisions related to funding and payment of scholarships awarded under program; providing requirements for use of funds under program; revising program administration obligations; repeals Gardiner Scholarship Program; provides for future repeal of John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; providing certain students with disabilities are eligible for enrollment in transition-to-work programs; revising amount of eligible contributions used for administrative expenses by an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization under Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-27.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 7045 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7045/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7045 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7045/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7045 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7045/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7045 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7045/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **2514** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **205** (pass) · lower
- A - 146099, Adoption, Second Reading — **3978** (fail) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **183** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **7936** (pass) · lower
- A - 974025, Adoption, Second Reading — **4077** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2021-04-06** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2021-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-12** CS Filed
- **2021-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-14** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 162445 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 193999 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 146099 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 974025 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 566539 filed
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 566539 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 162445 superseded by substitute
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 146099 Failed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 974025 Failed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 193999 Failed
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 79, NAYS 36 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 48
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) failed (146430, 214218, 234616, 507624, 758664)
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 25 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** Chapter No. 2021-27
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71e933ef-7680-44d2-ac07-589d3c62b3e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).