---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education for Prisoners"
description: "Education for Prisoners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "Florida HB 1201 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["jails", "career education", "education"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-104"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahern", "Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd2bfb79-c52f-44ef-92e1-cbb176d40d52"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01201/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e8ad9885eaa585a342856d3b175b19d2cb0a7a9f8414e4f12503042d76fba7ba"
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 1201 (2018) — Education for Prisoners

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-104.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1201 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1201/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1201 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1201/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Education Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ahern — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-07** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Education Committee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-24** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Now in Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/07/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2018-02-07** Favorable by Education Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/15/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-15** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/SB 1318
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-104

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd2bfb79-c52f-44ef-92e1-cbb176d40d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).