--- type: "Bill" title: "Interscholastic Activities" description: "Interscholastic Activities; Authorizing charter school students and Florida Virtual School full-time students to participate in extracurricular activities at a private school under certain circumstances authorizing charter school students and Florida Virtual School full-time program students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities at private schools under certain circumstances; authorizing traditional public school students to participate in interscholastic and intrascholastic activities at certain schools; revising the requirements for students to participate in such activities, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 225" citation: "Florida HB 225 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["torts"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-97" primary_sponsors: ["Canady", "Hawkins"] version_count: 5 action_count: 51 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-01-17" last_action: "2023-05-18" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077f50a0-5b7f-4411-b7e0-57eb3bb054d6" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/225/ByCategory" source_hash: "24f2d5caf5bbf52f1b2c6a2ebee5eb00d6602fa977f97350f4248a5e4da72740" 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 225 (2023) — Interscholastic Activities Interscholastic Activities; Authorizing charter school students and Florida Virtual School full-time students to participate in extracurricular activities at a private school under certain circumstances authorizing charter school students and Florida Virtual School full-time program students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities at private schools under certain circumstances; authorizing traditional public school students to participate in interscholastic and intrascholastic activities at certain schools; revising the requirements for students to participate in such activities, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-97. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 225 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/225/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 225 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/225/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 225 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/225/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 225 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/225/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 225 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/225/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **15–2** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower - Returning Messages — **28–12** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **29–10** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **80–29** (pass) · lower - Passage — **93–22** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Canady — primary (person) - Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization) - Education Quality Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Hawkins — primary (person) - Brackett — cosponsor (person) - Garcia — cosponsor (person) - Jacques — cosponsor (person) - Leek — cosponsor (person) - McClain — cosponsor (person) - Melo — cosponsor (person) - Rizo — cosponsor (person) - Trabulsy — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-17** Filed `filing` - **2023-01-25** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-01-25** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-01-25** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee - **2023-02-08** Added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda - **2023-02-15** Favorable with amendment(s) by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-15** Favorable with CS by Education Quality Subcommittee(Amended) `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-16** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee - **2023-02-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2023-02-16** 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` - **2023-03-09** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee - **2023-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2023-03-09** CS Filed `filing` - **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2023-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-03-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2023-03-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/16/2023) - **2023-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **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 80, NAYS 29 `passage` - **2023-03-17** In Messages - **2023-03-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2023-03-21** Received `enrolled` - **2023-04-03** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2023-04-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-04-03** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 308 - **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-03** Amendment(s) adopted (582164) - **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 10 `passage` - **2023-04-05** In Messages - **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List - **2023-05-03** Amendment 232621 adopted - **2023-05-03** Concurred in Senate amendment 582164 as amended - **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 93, NAYS 22 `passage` - **2023-05-03** In returning messages - **2023-05-04** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (232621) - **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 12 `passage` - **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-04** In Messages - **2023-05-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-97; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 190 (Ch. 2023-113) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/077f50a0-5b7f-4411-b7e0-57eb3bb054d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).