---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purple Star Campuses"
description: "Purple Star Campuses; Requires DOE establish Purple Star Campus program; specifies program criteria for participating schools; authorizes schools to partner with school districts to meet criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Florida HB 429 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-65"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0466d12e-73b2-4da2-ae4e-cce2fb4dea05"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/429/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5c461a2a577c745dd9da17fc04e44d405cc798425632bec015ee488919842601"
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 429 (2021) — Purple Star Campuses

Purple Star Campuses; Requires DOE establish Purple Star Campus program; specifies program criteria for participating schools; authorizes schools to partner with school districts to meet criteria.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-65.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 429 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/429/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 429 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/429/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 429 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/429/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 429 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/429/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 429 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/429/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-19** PCS added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-23** CS Filed
- **2021-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-24** Original reference removed: Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-02** CS Filed
- **2021-04-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** 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** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **2021-04-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-23** In Messages
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-23** 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 938
- **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
- **2021-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0466d12e-73b2-4da2-ae4e-cce2fb4dea05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).