---
type: "Bill"
title: "First Aid Training in Public Schools"
description: "First Aid Training in Public Schools; Revises grade levels that school districts are encouraged provide certain first aid training; requires school district provide specified grade levels with certain first aid training; provides requirements for such training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "Florida HB 157 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-141"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c781b5-a83e-4ec6-987a-0d64e1fd63ac"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/157/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5493df4bcf8df94716141258b12dce7594bc8b8e694e1282bb7ef9d74cabca3d"
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 157 (2021) — First Aid Training in Public Schools

First Aid Training in Public Schools; Revises grade levels that school districts are encouraged provide certain first aid training; requires school district provide specified grade levels with certain first aid training; provides requirements for such training.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-141.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 157 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/157/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 157 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/157/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 157 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/157/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-26** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with CS by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-31** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-31** CS Filed
- **2021-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-02** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-07** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-09** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-09** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-18** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-04-19** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2021)
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for SB 280
- **2021-04-26** Received
- **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** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-141

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46c781b5-a83e-4ec6-987a-0d64e1fd63ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).