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type: "Bill"
title: "School Counselors"
description: "School Counselors; Requires evaluation criteria for certified school counselors to be based on specified standards; provides that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; & provides that school districts may require such persons to meet certain requirements as condition of employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 753"
citation: "Florida HB 753 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-107"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-11"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24dd930-8c7f-4254-b97d-8408d2d953eb"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/753/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bb979d93fb991f4b1abb8f4f7b45811bfd199611ff19180b0ed01e7c328fae3e"
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"]
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# Florida HB 753 (2026) — School Counselors
School Counselors; Requires evaluation criteria for certified school counselors to be based on specified standards; provides that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; & provides that school districts may require such persons to meet certain requirements as condition of employment.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-107.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 753 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/753/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 753 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/753/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 753 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/753/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 753 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/753/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Administration Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Careers & Workforce Subcommittee) — **150** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Careers & Workforce Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education Administration Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-11** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2026-01-27** Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2026-01-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-20** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-02-24** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1036
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-107
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24dd930-8c7f-4254-b97d-8408d2d953eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).