---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network"
description: "Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network; Deletes provisions for Florida Academic Services Library Services Cooperative and Complete Florida Plus Program; revises provisions for statewide Internet-based catalog & online student advising services; provides duties for the Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 847"
citation: "Florida HB 847 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property", "veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-85"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91c4447a-63f8-442c-93ac-e33aaa5bd0c4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/847/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8bc8cedcfeff45f1ffddc8a0f04c370e1a4bf2d214362c859d10d71df51c48c2"
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 847 (2021) — Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network

Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network; Deletes provisions for Florida Academic Services Library Services Cooperative and Complete Florida Plus Program; revises provisions for statewide Internet-based catalog & online student advising services; provides duties for the Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-85.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 847 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/847/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 847 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/847/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 847 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/847/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — **14–0** (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.

- **2021-02-09** 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
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **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 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-11** Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-15** Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-15** 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)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **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; 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
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/SB 1436
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Chapter No. 2021-85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91c4447a-63f8-442c-93ac-e33aaa5bd0c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).