---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assistance Programs"
description: "Assistance Programs; Requires early learning coalition to give priority for participation in school readiness program to certain children; requires Office of Early Learning within DOE to coordinate with University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies to conduct analysis of certain assistance programs; requires DCF to provide certain assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1349"
citation: "Florida HB 1349 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-87"
primary_sponsors: ["Aloupis Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22937ee0-2fcc-43fe-8158-a5b09b80df1c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1349/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c224875125a2f972516fbcdbe61b621ac2d184eaf0b03575c89d262bcb6f7408"
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 1349 (2021) — Assistance Programs

Assistance Programs; Requires early learning coalition to give priority for participation in school readiness program to certain children; requires Office of Early Learning within DOE to coordinate with University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies to conduct analysis of certain assistance programs; requires DCF to provide certain assistance.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-87.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1349 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1349/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1349 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1349/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1349 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1349/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1349 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1349/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aloupis Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-26** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-12** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2021-04-14** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-14** CS Filed
- **2021-04-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/21/2021)
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 414
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Chapter No. 2021-87

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22937ee0-2fcc-43fe-8158-a5b09b80df1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).