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type: "Bill"
title: "Technology in K-12 Public Schools"
description: "Technology in K-12 Public Schools; Prohibiting the use of certain platforms on district-owned devices and through Internet access provided by the school district; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to designate an area for wireless communications during instructional time; requiring public schools to provide instruction on the social, emotional, and physical effects of social media, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Florida HB 379 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-36"
primary_sponsors: ["Yeager"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9761be80-1bbd-4d82-930b-c9963efc469c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/379/ByCategory"
source_hash: "63a2b769b7a3ebe33f7e5b3b449a6feab27b0eb204516e4eb453a6a1bf732e6a"
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 379 (2023) — Technology in K-12 Public Schools
Technology in K-12 Public Schools; Prohibiting the use of certain platforms on district-owned devices and through Internet access provided by the school district; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to designate an area for wireless communications during instructional time; requiring public schools to provide instruction on the social, emotional, and physical effects of social media, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-36.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 379 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/379/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 379 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/379/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 379 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/379/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 379 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/379/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Yeager — primary (person)
- Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** PCS added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-10** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-18** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 52
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment(s) adopted (869924)
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 869924 Concur
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10** Chapter No. 2023-36
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9761be80-1bbd-4d82-930b-c9963efc469c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).