---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Education"
description: "Home Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 731"
citation: "Florida HB 731 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["or scholarships", "education", "schools", "universities (state)", "florida college system institutions", "appropriations", "assistance or scholarships", "athletics", "career education", "driver licenses"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-134"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-11-17"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7adbfc7-4f46-466b-9a81-375d52ec983a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00731/ByCategory"
source_hash: "93b3d9e3e222319930deaa6e1cde30f1380f6220b61efea8ffcd82d0a17ffc63"
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 731 (2018) — Home Education

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-134.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 731 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/731/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 731 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/731/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 731 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/731/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 731 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/731/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 731 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/731/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 731 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/731/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-17** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-08** Referred to PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee, 01/09/18, 1:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-10** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-11** CS by PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-12** 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** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Now in Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/07/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2018-02-07** 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 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 `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Amendment(s) adopted (454191) -HJ 637, 638
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** In Messages
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 732
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) adopted (815502) -SJ 935, 938
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (815502) -HJ 1190, 1193
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 101 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7adbfc7-4f46-466b-9a81-375d52ec983a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).