---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early Learning and Early Grade Success"
description: "Early Learning and Early Grade Success; Deleting the Office of Early Learning from within the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice of the Department of Education; establishing the Division of Early Learning within the department; revising approved child care or early education settings for the placement of certain children; revising the requirements of the Gold Seal Quality Care program; requiring students enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to participate in a specified screening and progress monitoring program; revising early learning coalition responsibilities and duties; authorizing certain students who enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to receive intensive reading interventions using specified funds, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 419"
citation: "Florida HB 419 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-10"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 68
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2273f081-507c-4531-8756-475e0dceceb2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/ByCategory"
source_hash: "722de1dea9e1de4e6f134c313dfcb8b32c79754caeec090c886bf307babbaf1e"
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 419 (2021) — Early Learning and Early Grade Success

Early Learning and Early Grade Success; Deleting the Office of Early Learning from within the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice of the Department of Education; establishing the Division of Early Learning within the department; revising approved child care or early education settings for the placement of certain children; revising the requirements of the Gold Seal Quality Care program; requiring students enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to participate in a specified screening and progress monitoring program; revising early learning coalition responsibilities and duties; authorizing certain students who enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to receive intensive reading interventions using specified funds, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-10.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 419 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 419 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 419 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 419 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 419 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 419 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/419/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-11** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-15** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-15** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-26** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-31** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations 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 Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-13** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-04-15** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-15** CS Filed
- **2021-04-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 976555 filed
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 618733 filed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 976555 withdrawn
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 618733 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 547565 filed
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 817341 filed
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 681905 filed
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 249563 filed
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 409919 filed
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 920103 filed
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment 409919 adopted
- **2021-04-22** Amendment 249563 adopted
- **2021-04-22** Amendment 920103 adopted
- **2021-04-22** Amendment 681905 adopted
- **2021-04-22** Amendment 547565 adopted
- **2021-04-22** Amendment 817341 adopted
- **2021-04-22** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Message sent to senate
- **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/SB 1282
- **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
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Chapter No. 2021-10; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7011 (Ch. 2021-9)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2273f081-507c-4531-8756-475e0dceceb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).