---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education"
description: "Education; Revises provisions relating to Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, part-time enrollment in public schools, transportation of students, graduations requirements, Commissioner of Education duties, & educator certifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Florida HB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-16"
primary_sponsors: ["Plasencia", "Tuck"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 66
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac42157c-2062-442f-96c6-d447e53b384f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b7a12e355746c9a54341788a77bf44465429bf614e4c53ceda4f7dbce17274b4"
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 1 (2023) — Education

Education; Revises provisions relating to Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, part-time enrollment in public schools, transportation of students, graduations requirements, Commissioner of Education duties, & educator certifications.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-16.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1 c4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/BillText/c4/PDF)
6. **H 1 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **16–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **83–27** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **13–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Education Quality Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Plasencia — primary (person)
- PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Rommel — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Tomkow — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-01-19** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-01-26** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-01-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-01-27** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-16** PCS added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-23** Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-03-08** PCS added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Favorable with CS by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/16/2023)
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 4) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment 537327 Failed
- **2023-03-16** Amendment 866821 Failed
- **2023-03-16** Amendment 898137 Failed
- **2023-03-16** Amendment 133019 Failed
- **2023-03-16** Amendment 121715 Failed
- **2023-03-16** Amendment 500163 Failed
- **2023-03-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 27 `passage`
- **2023-03-17** In Messages
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-22** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 202
- **2023-03-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** CS passed; YEAS 26 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-24** In Messages
- **2023-03-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Chapter No. 2023-16; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5101 (Ch. 2023-245)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac42157c-2062-442f-96c6-d447e53b384f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).