---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary Education"
description: "Postsecondary Education; Prohibits State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech; requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity; creates a cause of action for recording or publication of certain video or audio recordings; revises provisions related to protected expressive activity, university student governments, & codes of conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Florida HB 233 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-159"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c46df02-d962-457e-a541-799482a46bc2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4b76063ce3048aaeed25e8a32eebfb0030076f6012b0eec71bca820603986db0"
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 233 (2021) — Postsecondary Education

Postsecondary Education; Prohibits State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech; requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity; creates a cause of action for recording or publication of certain video or audio recordings; revises provisions related to protected expressive activity, university student governments, & codes of conduct.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 233 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 233 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 233 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 233 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **77–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** PCS added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with CS by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-02-19** Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-02-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-02-19** CS Filed
- **2021-02-23** Original reference removed: Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-08** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-03-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/18/2021)
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** CS passed; YEAS 77, NAYS 42 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Received
- **2021-04-01** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 264
- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 15 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c46df02-d962-457e-a541-799482a46bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).