---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments"
description: "Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments; Expands examination & assessment instruments which are confidential & exempt from public record requirements; provides provisions governing access, maintenance, & destruction of certain instruments & related materials shall be prescribed by rules of State Board of Education and regulations of Board of Governors; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides legislative findings; provides statement of public necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Florida HB 311 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-81"
primary_sponsors: ["Silvers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b198b2-3edf-420e-b521-2c87197fe7b2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/311/ByCategory"
source_hash: "928fea004265a3425577845c156657f7f9bacdb5be5d59958cad4da5eaec7189"
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 311 (2021) — Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments

Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments; Expands examination & assessment instruments which are confidential & exempt from public record requirements; provides provisions governing access, maintenance, & destruction of certain instruments & related materials shall be prescribed by rules of State Board of Education and regulations of Board of Governors; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides legislative findings; provides statement of public necessity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-81.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 311 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/311/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 311 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/311/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 311 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/311/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silvers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with CS by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-29** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for SB 1456
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 638, 639 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** 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. 2021-81

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52b198b2-3edf-420e-b521-2c87197fe7b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).