---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements"
description: "Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements; Authorizing the head of an employing agency, beginning on a specified date, to elect to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements under certain circumstances; prohibiting the substitution of certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "Florida SB 514 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["municipalities", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-184"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Community Affairs", "Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-15"
last_action: "2022-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38b56ed3-d9e1-4c97-b73d-5b08cdbd0e09"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/514/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1c55b6b88860fe7875a61f500ee692f4e88c7e599c0426c781784a2a82141c20"
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 SB 514 (2022) — Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements

Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements; Authorizing the head of an employing agency, beginning on a specified date, to elect to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements under certain circumstances; prohibiting the substitution of certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-184.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 514 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/514/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 514 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/514/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 514 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/514/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 514 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/514/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)
- Community Affairs — primary (person)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-15** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-03** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/22, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-02** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-03** Now in Community Affairs
- **2022-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/08/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-03** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2022-02-08** CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-10** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-10** CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2022-02-11** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/15/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for CS/HB 317
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-10** Chapter No. 2022-184

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38b56ed3-d9e1-4c97-b73d-5b08cdbd0e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).