---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 Teachers"
description: "K-12 Teachers; Authorizing the Office of Inspector General within the Department of Education to investigate allegations and reports of suspected violations of certain persons’ rights; establishing the Dual Enrollment Educator Scholarship Program; establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; providing eligibility requirements for apprentice teachers; revising the validity period for certain temporary certificates, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1035"
citation: "Florida HB 1035 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-38"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Pittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8421490f-2d15-41eb-b97a-921bf0ff902d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1035/ByCategory"
source_hash: "390cdfc5df7a42da9752c71f09f70910f0e5ef8f97bc8fe84be5bc768278111e"
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 1035 (2023) — K-12 Teachers

K-12 Teachers; Authorizing the Office of Inspector General within the Department of Education to investigate allegations and reports of suspected violations of certain persons’ rights; establishing the Dual Enrollment Educator Scholarship Program; establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; providing eligibility requirements for apprentice teachers; revising the validity period for certain temporary certificates, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-38.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1035 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1035/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1035 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1035/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1035 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1035/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1035 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1035/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **86–26** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **92–22** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **16–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Gonzalez Pittman — primary (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-10** Favorable by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-21** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** CS passed; YEAS 86, NAYS 26 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-04** Substituted for SB 244
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Amendment(s) adopted (739756)
- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-05** In Messages
- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 739756 Concur
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 92, NAYS 22 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10** Chapter No. 2023-38; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5101 (Ch. 2023-245), CS/CS/CS/SB 266 (Ch. 2023-82)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8421490f-2d15-41eb-b97a-921bf0ff902d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).