---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individual Freedom"
description: "Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Florida HB 7 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil rights"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-72"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/209cd2b5-b8d1-44cf-a63e-dbc8a34dc324"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8cce54df90613465a7875b3012633cc632b438d1f1cc4f5fc6f073c73edd2544"
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 7 (2022) — Individual Freedom

Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-72.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/e2/PDF)
5. **H 7 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- A - 135269, Adoption, Second Reading — **36–76** (fail) · lower
- A - 728883, Adoption, Second Reading — **36–73** (fail) · lower
- SA - 744731, Adoption, Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- A - 158369, Adoption, Second Reading — **34–79** (fail) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **16–8** (pass) · lower
- SA - 849027, Adoption, Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **12–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **24–15** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **74–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Grall — cosponsor (person)
- Latvala — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-01-26** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-26** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-28** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-01** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-01** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-04** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2022-02-09** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-11** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-11** CS Filed
- **2022-02-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-14** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-14** 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** Amendment 982331 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 158369 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 728883 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 135269 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 258705 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 886553 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 161453 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 626959 adopted
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 849027 adopted
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 413091 superseded by substitute
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 744731 adopted
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 174391 superseded by substitute
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 501213 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 872065 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 406807 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 333285 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 017987 Failed
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 487075 Failed
- **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** Amendment 567941 Failed
- **2022-02-24** Amendment 751037 adopted
- **2022-02-24** CS passed as amended; YEAS 74, NAYS 41 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/01/22, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-01** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/22
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Amendment(s) failed (275286, 323462, 384306, 491112, 628910, 901674) -SJ 746, 747
- **2022-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 15 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-22** Chapter No. 2022-72; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2524 (Ch. 2022-154)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/209cd2b5-b8d1-44cf-a63e-dbc8a34dc324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).