Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Required African-American Instruction"
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description: "Required African-American Instruction; Requires each school district to certify & provide certain evidence to DOE regarding certain instruction; authorizes DOE to seek input from & contract with certain educational organizations for specified purposes; requires each school district to submit implementation plan to Commissioner of Education & post plan on its website; provides requirements for plan; requires commissioner or DOE to provide certain notification; provides timeframe within which school district must submit revisions to its plan; authorizes SBE to take certain actions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 551"
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citation: "Florida HB 551 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-103"
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primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin", "Fine"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-30"
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last_action: "2023-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791aea6b-9da9-4f3b-90da-2a07cf3cec46"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/551/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "09ab59f9c24cf193dcefdf85f42077c2d03933d11c82ddf4fe2306e6da555dc1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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# Florida HB 551 (2023) — Required African-American Instruction
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Required African-American Instruction; Requires each school district to certify & provide certain evidence to DOE regarding certain instruction; authorizes DOE to seek input from & contract with certain educational organizations for specified purposes; requires each school district to submit implementation plan to Commissioner of Education & post plan on its website; provides requirements for plan; requires commissioner or DOE to provide certain notification; provides timeframe within which school district must submit revisions to its plan; authorizes SBE to take certain actions.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-103.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 551 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/551/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 551 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/551/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 551 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/551/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Benjamin — primary (person)
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- Education Quality Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Fine — primary (person)
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- Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
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- Casello — cosponsor (person)
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- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
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- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
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- Cross — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
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- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Leek — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Melo — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael — cosponsor (person)
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- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
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- Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-30** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-07** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-15** Favorable with CS by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-16** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-17** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-17** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-17** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-20** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-22** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-22** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-03-29** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
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- **2023-03-31** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-31** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-03-31** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2023-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** In Messages
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- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/04/23
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- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** In Messages
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- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-103
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/791aea6b-9da9-4f3b-90da-2a07cf3cec46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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