---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Employment and Training"
description: "Veterans Employment and Training; Directs Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to serve as state's principal assistance organization under United States Department of Defense's SkillBridge program; prescribes duties of corporation to facilitate administration of SkillBridge program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 435"
citation: "Florida HB 435 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-66"
primary_sponsors: ["Sirois"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f0ae54-27c8-4d4f-bd17-71272cfb4b82"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/435/ByCategory"
source_hash: "80c93a45ab2d067acf52a246cd9b81a4e0e6a6ef8bc98a15ea4205d2fd929e5f"
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 435 (2021) — Veterans Employment and Training

Veterans Employment and Training; Directs Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to serve as state's principal assistance organization under United States Department of Defense's SkillBridge program; prescribes duties of corporation to facilitate administration of SkillBridge program.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-66.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 435 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/435/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 435 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/435/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Public Integrity & Elections Committee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sirois — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-05** Added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-09** Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Public Integrity & Elections Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Public Integrity & Elections Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Public Integrity & Elections Committee
- **2021-03-29** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for SB 586
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** 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. 2021-66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f0ae54-27c8-4d4f-bd17-71272cfb4b82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).