---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 Education"
description: "K-12 Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 7070"
citation: "Florida SB 7070 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-23"
primary_sponsors: ["Education"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966ab403-4c22-486f-9a75-f73b16ea0f7e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7070/ByCategory"
source_hash: "37d54851b5d5da3075e4af112b09fa89e98eefe8aac72906851ac4424559fc89"
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 SB 7070 (2019) — K-12 Education

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-23.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7070 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7070/BillText/pb/HTML)

## Votes

- A - 583341, Adoption, Second Reading — **43–71** (fail) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **76–39** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- A7 - 939266, Amendment, Second Reading — **16–20** (fail) · upper
- SA - 109029, Adoption, Second Reading — **43–70** (fail) · lower
- A - 457171, Adoption, Second Reading — **43–72** (fail) · lower
- A - 232529, Adoption, Second Reading — **47–67** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **23–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Submitted for consideration by Education
- **2019-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Education, 03/06/19, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-06** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 03/19/19, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-19** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
- **2019-03-21** Now in Appropriations
- **2019-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-18** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 8
- **2019-04-22** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-23** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time -SJ 433, 471 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) adopted (106322, 540300, 581122, 581332, 726188, 881674) -SJ 434, 435, 436
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) failed (103012, 359668, 821510, 939266) -SJ 434, 435, 437
- **2019-04-24** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-24** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) adopted (208314, 216008, 766430, 785318)
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Calendar -HJ 942,944 `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/19
- **2019-04-26** Received -HJ 942, 944
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time -HJ 966, 967 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment(s) failed (005869, 012915, 024287, 096861, 109029, 204293, 222837, 232529, 233913, 406063, 457171, 477135, 482359, 484127, 583341, 604309, 607961, 608895, 622223, 726247, 789057, 803331, 839717, 858871) -HJ 967, 985
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time -HJ 1030, 1031 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 76 NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10** Chapter No. 2019-23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966ab403-4c22-486f-9a75-f73b16ea0f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).