---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Charters"
description: "Charter School Charters; Revises provisions relating to consolidation of multiple charter into single charter, renewals, nonrenewals, & terminations of charters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Florida HB 225 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-146"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-04"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fae36e8c-141f-4b2f-94b5-446a1ef76c69"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/225/ByCategory"
source_hash: "caf538e8ad9ffe54d4217bc04d5f2dfc67244225611b2af6424306a11d84308b"
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 225 (2022) — Charter School Charters

Charter School Charters; Revises provisions relating to consolidation of multiple charter into single charter, renewals, nonrenewals, & terminations of charters.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-146.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 225 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/225/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 225 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/225/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 225 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/225/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **24–13** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **105–10** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Fetterhoff — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-11-23** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-12-01** Favorable with CS by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-12-02** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-12-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-12-02** CS Filed
- **2021-12-03** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-03** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-03** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-14** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2022-01-19** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-01-24** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2022-01-26** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-01-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-01-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 10 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-03** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for SB 892
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Chapter No. 2022-146

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fae36e8c-141f-4b2f-94b5-446a1ef76c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).