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type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Mandates"
description: "COVID-19 Mandates; Prohibits private employers from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandate for certain employees; requires employer to exempt certain employee from vaccination; authorizes employee who is terminated to file complaint with DLA; requires AG to impose administrative fine for violations; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits educational institutions & elected or appointed local officials from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates on students; provides right of action to obtain declaratory judgment & injunctive relief for violations; prohibits educational institutions & governmental entities from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees; declares null & void any ordinance, rule, or policy that imposes mandates; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits mandating facial coverings or restricting certain activities for students based on quarantine policies; provides parents may allow their children to wear facial coverings; prohibits district school boards, district school superintendents, & elected or appointed local officials from prohibiting employees from returning to work or subjecting employees to restrictions or disparate treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021B"
identifier: "HB 1B"
citation: "Florida HB 1B (2021B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations", "k", "public health", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-272"
primary_sponsors: ["Grall", "MD", "Massullo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-11-08"
last_action: "2021-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96cf922a-9411-4044-bcde-d2eb4f244021"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/1B/ByCategory"
source_hash: "33d9463b59d28d77bea475e0929b44601ae9d919a31b840271cf708f331f0d0c"
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 1B (2021B) — COVID-19 Mandates
COVID-19 Mandates; Prohibits private employers from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandate for certain employees; requires employer to exempt certain employee from vaccination; authorizes employee who is terminated to file complaint with DLA; requires AG to impose administrative fine for violations; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits educational institutions & elected or appointed local officials from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates on students; provides right of action to obtain declaratory judgment & injunctive relief for violations; prohibits educational institutions & governmental entities from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees; declares null & void any ordinance, rule, or policy that imposes mandates; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits mandating facial coverings or restricting certain activities for students based on quarantine policies; provides parents may allow their children to wear facial coverings; prohibits district school boards, district school superintendents, & elected or appointed local officials from prohibiting employees from returning to work or subjecting employees to restrictions or disparate treatment.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-272.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1B Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/1B/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1B er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/1B/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- A - 139915, Adoption, Second Reading — **39–73** (fail) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **18–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Quorum, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–39** (pass) · lower
- A - 886167, Adoption, Second Reading — **40–78** (fail) · lower
- A - 139915, Quorum, Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Grall — primary (person)
- MD — primary (person)
- Massullo — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-11-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-08** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-08** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-11-15** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-11-15** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-15** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-11-15** Bill released to Rules Committee
- **2021-11-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (11/16/2021)
- **2021-11-15** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-11-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 139915 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 423057 ruled out of order
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 230279 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 740571 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 552373 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 691917 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 657537 ruled out of order
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 886167 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-11-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-11-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2021-11-17** In Messages
- **2021-11-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-11-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-11-17** Received
- **2021-11-17** Substituted for SB 2-B
- **2021-11-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-17** Amendment(s) failed (316770, 450848, 609214) -SJ 15, 17
- **2021-11-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2021-11-17** In Messages
- **2021-11-17** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-11-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-11-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-19** Chapter No. 2021-272; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 3B (Ch. 2021-273)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96cf922a-9411-4044-bcde-d2eb4f244021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).