---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Literacy"
description: "Student Literacy; Provides & revises requirements relating to improvement of student literacy skills; requires DOE, in consultation with Office of Early Learning, to implement coordinated screening & progress monitoring system for VPK program through grade 8; establishes Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program within DOE; revises requirements relating to specified reading instruction allocation; revises requirements for certain instructional personnel & professional development program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 7011"
citation: "Florida HB 7011 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-9"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/710c88a1-f23a-42f9-b0d9-eb0dbd1cbc62"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7011/ByCategory"
source_hash: "498662ba581b83d46b0ad573e5f0064cef5d1265bc431cfb1ecb7e461cc0a688"
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 7011 (2021) — Student Literacy

Student Literacy; Provides & revises requirements relating to improvement of student literacy skills; requires DOE, in consultation with Office of Early Learning, to implement coordinated screening & progress monitoring system for VPK program through grade 8; establishes Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program within DOE; revises requirements relating to specified reading instruction allocation; revises requirements for certain instructional personnel & professional development program.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-9.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7011 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7011/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7011 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7011/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7011 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7011/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7011 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7011/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-15** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-17** 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 1)
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 073609 filed
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 073609 adopted
- **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 as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for SB 1898
- **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. 2021-9; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 419 (Ch. 2021-10), CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2021-228)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/710c88a1-f23a-42f9-b0d9-eb0dbd1cbc62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).