---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individual Education Plans"
description: "Individual Education Plans; Requires IEPs for certain students to contain information on legal rights & responsibilities that transfer to students at age 18; requires information to include ways in which student may provide informed consent to allow his or her parent to continue to participate in educational decisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Florida HB 19 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-96"
primary_sponsors: ["Tant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-06"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd3d1df-e9b7-4b70-9f2b-1cab488415a4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/19/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e3d9c3a3fdcd7e5547cdea99dc08420523eefa22df25df00de9b95e8ffb6af9d"
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 19 (2023) — Individual Education Plans

Individual Education Plans; Requires IEPs for certain students to contain information on legal rights & responsibilities that transfer to students at age 18; requires information to include ways in which student may provide informed consent to allow his or her parent to continue to participate in educational decisions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-96.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 19 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/19/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 19 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/19/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 19 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/19/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 19 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/19/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06** Filed `filing`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-23** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-01-18** Added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-01-25** Favorable by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-01-30** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-07** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** 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 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-18** Substituted for CS/SB 636
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-96

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd3d1df-e9b7-4b70-9f2b-1cab488415a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).