---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civic Education Curriculum"
description: "Civic Education Curriculum; Revises social studies high school graduation credit requirement; requires DOE to develop or approve integrated civic education curriculum that meets certain requirements; requires department to curate oral history resources to be used with such curriculum; requires department to approve civic education curricula submitted by school districts & charter schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Florida HB 5 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-158"
primary_sponsors: ["Zika"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9436ad10-eadd-4fbd-be45-d6af1eab07e2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1ab1527114ab5a48fc26043196a125cd4b1bf6112aa37ef72f59806ce2e57284"
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 5 (2021) — Civic Education Curriculum

Civic Education Curriculum; Revises social studies high school graduation credit requirement; requires DOE to develop or approve integrated civic education curriculum that meets certain requirements; requires department to curate oral history resources to be used with such curriculum; requires department to approve civic education curricula submitted by school districts & charter schools.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-158.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zika — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-08** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-15** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-26** Amendment 018793 filed
- **2021-03-26** Amendment 960893 filed
- **2021-03-30** Amendment 018793 withdrawn
- **2021-03-31** Amendment 960893 withdrawn
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for SB 1450
- **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
- **2021-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-158

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9436ad10-eadd-4fbd-be45-d6af1eab07e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).