---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Virtual School"
description: "Florida Virtual School; Provides flexibility in administration for specified assessments for FLVS full-time students of military families residing outside this state; provides requirements for such students, FLVS, & DOE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Florida HB 1597 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-73"
primary_sponsors: ["Gossett-Seidman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c8c71c-b139-4140-a7b4-6a48c60ea25a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a477e8cee383f84534c9db37da7962e846848515738b24f299d972242fc84442"
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 1597 (2023) — Florida Virtual School

Florida Virtual School; Provides flexibility in administration for specified assessments for FLVS full-time students of military families residing outside this state; provides requirements for such students, FLVS, & DOE.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-73.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1597 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1597 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1597 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Gossett-Seidman — primary (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** PCS added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** Original reference removed: Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-28** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 926
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80c8c71c-b139-4140-a7b4-6a48c60ea25a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).