---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health of Students"
description: "Mental Health of Students; Revises data DCF is required to analyze when creating its annual report on initiation of involuntary examinations; requires charter schools to be in compliance with involuntary reporting laws; requires DOE to share certain data with DCF; requires district school boards to designate mental health coordinator; revises requirements for plans relating to mental health assistance allocations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 899"
citation: "Florida HB 899 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-126"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c889f5d-2fdd-4975-81a9-3f84a3a7384e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/899/ByCategory"
source_hash: "15590dbb43ba66da2afc74eade05bc09cfd7584919a0eaeae816b5268097d082"
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 899 (2022) — Mental Health of Students

Mental Health of Students; Revises data DCF is required to analyze when creating its annual report on initiation of involuntary examinations; requires charter schools to be in compliance with involuntary reporting laws; requires DOE to share certain data with DCF; requires district school boards to designate mental health coordinator; revises requirements for plans relating to mental health assistance allocations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-126.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 899 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/899/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 899 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/899/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 899 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/899/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Learned — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2022-01-13** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-01-21** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-25** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-01-26** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-01-27** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-01-31** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-01** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2022-02-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-23** CS Filed
- **2022-02-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 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 114, 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 SB 1240
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Chapter No. 2022-126

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c889f5d-2fdd-4975-81a9-3f84a3a7384e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).