Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools"
+description: "Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibits school personnel from using mechanical restraint on students with disabilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 235"
+citation: "Florida HB 235 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2022-20"
+primary_sponsors: ["Plasencia"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-10-06"
+last_action: "2022-03-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/932419e7-d382-45c3-a3a1-162674fa14cb"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/235/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "731f0a377e4d3191ebac8459bdf8d47b3299f86fb94a1f88bc5b30a4537d940e"
+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 235 (2022) — Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools
+
+Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibits school personnel from using mechanical restraint on students with disabilities.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-20.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 235 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/235/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 235 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/235/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Plasencia — primary (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Maney — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
+- Tant — cosponsor (person)
+- Toledo — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-10-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-10-22** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-10-22** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-10-22** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-10-22** Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
+- **2022-01-11** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
+- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
+- **2022-01-13** Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
+- **2022-01-13** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
+- **2022-01-25** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
+- **2022-01-27** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-27** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
+- **2022-01-27** Now in Education & Employment Committee
+- **2022-01-28** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
+- **2022-02-01** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-01** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
+- **2022-02-01** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2022-02-01** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
+- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-02** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-02** In Messages
+- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** Received
+- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
+- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2022-03-04** Substituted for SB 390
+- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-04** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-04** In Messages
+- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
+- **2022-03-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2022-03-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-28** Chapter No. 2022-20
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/932419e7-d382-45c3-a3a1-162674fa14cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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