---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 Public Education"
description: "K-12 Public Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "Florida HB 495 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agencies", "sexual crimes", "education commissioner", "education", "state board of", "schools", "schools (private)", "trespass", "retirement", "educational facilities", "public officers and employees", "sentencing", "education", "assistance or scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-150"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Bileca"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-11-01"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d74e631c-2623-4faf-9a47-9356554e46d7"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00495/ByCategory"
source_hash: "66cd13a731f8da6b6235d2474149f458f1d989a5acd9795dd07b449b47bf09bf"
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 495 (2018) — K-12 Public Education

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-150.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 495 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/495/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 495 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/495/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 495 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/495/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 495 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/495/BillText/e2/PDF)
5. **H 495 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/495/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **105–6** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Bileca — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-01** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-08** Referred to PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Favorable by PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2018-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/14/18, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-02-14** Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Now in Education Committee
- **2018-02-26** PCS on Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/27/18, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
- **2018-02-27** CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-27** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-02-27** CS by Education Committee read 1st time -HJ 686, 687
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (413389, 603215) -HJ 809, 811
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 105 NAYS 6 -HJ 864, 865 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-06** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1056
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Amendment(s) adopted (802062) -SJ 789, 798
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (236354)
- **2018-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (236354) -HJ 1118, 1125
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 107 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-150

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d74e631c-2623-4faf-9a47-9356554e46d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).