---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Victims of Communism Day\""
description: "\"Victims of Communism Day\"; Requires Governor to proclaim November 7 of each year as \"Victims of Communism Day\"; requires day to be observed in public schools & by public exercise; requires day other than November 7 to be observed by public schools under specified circumstance; requires high school students to receive specified instruction; requires SBE to adopt specified revised social studies standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "Florida HB 395 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["commercial relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-98"
primary_sponsors: ["Borrero", "Rizo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-21"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4db365c-dc79-41f1-b1fb-72522ecffda6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/395/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d9e17fda5922f2673889506096978e7b4b37733ca241f9b0cf389a563198afc5"
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 395 (2022) — "Victims of Communism Day"

"Victims of Communism Day"; Requires Governor to proclaim November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day"; requires day to be observed in public schools & by public exercise; requires day other than November 7 to be observed by public schools under specified circumstance; requires high school students to receive specified instruction; requires SBE to adopt specified revised social studies standards.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-98.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 395 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/395/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 395 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/395/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 395 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/395/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Borrero — primary (person)
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Rizo — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- DiCeglie — cosponsor (person)
- Drake — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatini — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Toledo — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Willhite — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zika — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2022-01-13** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-25** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-27** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-27** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-17** CS Filed
- **2022-02-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **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 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-02** Substituted for CS/SB 268
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Chapter No. 2022-98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4db365c-dc79-41f1-b1fb-72522ecffda6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).