---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice Education Programs"
description: "Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Increases percentage of certain funds that must be spent on specified costs; requires contracts between district school boards & juvenile justice education programs be in writing; requires DoE provide mediation services for certain disputes; prohibits school boards from delaying certain payments pending receipt of local funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Florida HB 723 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-70"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394cd53c-c547-4e64-a525-b11e370845b6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/723/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c1c07683d93e012bb2a53ff37513f8fb92c83c85196871710a333fd9ae8d2d5b"
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 723 (2021) — Juvenile Justice Education Programs

Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Increases percentage of certain funds that must be spent on specified costs; requires contracts between district school boards & juvenile justice education programs be in writing; requires DoE provide mediation services for certain disputes; prohibits school boards from delaying certain payments pending receipt of local funds.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-70.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 723 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/723/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 723 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/723/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 723 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/723/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- 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.

- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Appropriations Committee `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** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-15** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-17** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-18** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2021-03-22** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-22** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-30** CS Filed
- **2021-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-01** 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** CS passed; YEAS 116, 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 CS/SB 486
- **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. 2021-70

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/394cd53c-c547-4e64-a525-b11e370845b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).