---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education"
description: "Higher Education; Prohibiting the use of state funds to join or maintain membership in an association under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Governors to provide certain notice to an association under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 845"
citation: "Florida HB 845 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-217"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a9f6bd-1712-4e5c-a8eb-82143906be7d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/845/ByCategory"
source_hash: "44997b7ef55beb63be6b7130460505ec2344e072004cfdf3e71a1c20c6e7366b"
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 845 (2021) — Higher Education

Higher Education; Prohibiting the use of state funds to join or maintain membership in an association under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Governors to provide certain notice to an association under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-217.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 845 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/845/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 845 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/845/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 845 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/845/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 845 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/845/BillText/e2/PDF)
5. **H 845 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/845/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- AA - 283105, Adoption — **78–37** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- AA - 962877, Adoption — **36–77** (fail) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with CS by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-04** CS Filed
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-08** Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-09** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-16** Amendment 686963 filed
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 686963 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 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-30** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-30** Substituted for CS/SB 1672
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (272034)
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** In Messages
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 283105 filed
- **2021-04-30** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 962877 filed
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 283105 adopted
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 962877 Failed
- **2021-04-30** Concurred in Senate amendment 272034 as amended
- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-30** In returning messages
- **2021-04-30** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (283105)
- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 10 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** In Messages
- **2021-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-06-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-217; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1028 (Ch. 2021-35)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a9f6bd-1712-4e5c-a8eb-82143906be7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).