---
type: "Bill"
title: "School District Accountability"
description: "School District Accountability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Florida HB 1279 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agencies", "schools", "appropriations", "public officers and employees", "education", "assistance or scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-5"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-07"
last_action: "2018-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72f5b3c4-b6eb-4ed4-ab7f-0cb138a4ac14"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01279/ByCategory"
source_hash: "afc1f7016e009e2e409541c474cb65e793ba0bd6c7dc1026e317cdfbe9180e22"
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 1279 (2018) — School District Accountability

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-5.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1279 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1279 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1279 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1279 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1279 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 1279 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 1279 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1279/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **96–16** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee, 01/17/18, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-17** CS by PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-18** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-18** CS by PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-19** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-30** CS/CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-31** Now in Education Committee
- **2018-01-31** CS/CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/07/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2018-02-07** CS/CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-08** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-08** CS/CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time -HJ 635, 636 `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Amendment(s) adopted (235917)
- **2018-02-20** Amendment(s) ruled out of order (871173)
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** In Messages
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Received
- **2018-03-02** Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1804
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (769224)
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In returning messages
- **2018-03-05** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (769224)
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 96 NAYS 16 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12** Chapter No. 2018-5

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72f5b3c4-b6eb-4ed4-ab7f-0cb138a4ac14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).