---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services"
description: "Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services; Revises definition of \"private instructional personnel\" to include certain registered behavior technicians; requires such technicians to meet specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Florida HB 255 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-46"
primary_sponsors: ["Plasencia", "Silvers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c5496e-0d07-474f-bad1-23b1e6decaa6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/255/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7e64cb112ce5b48cb2e731a3de601b699e681c0b1cb3f911b4de1b53b8445155"
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 255 (2022) — Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services

Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services; Revises definition of "private instructional personnel" to include certain registered behavior technicians; requires such technicians to meet specified requirements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-46.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 255 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/255/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 255 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/255/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 255 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/255/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Plasencia — primary (person)
- Silvers — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Toledo — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors 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
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-03** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-07** Favorable with CS by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2022-02-07** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2022-02-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-07** CS Filed
- **2022-02-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-09** Original reference removed: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-02-09** Original reference removed: Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-17** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-21** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 538
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-46

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5c5496e-0d07-474f-bad1-23b1e6decaa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).