---
type: "Bill"
title: "Middle School and High School Start Times"
description: "Middle School and High School Start Times; Provides requirements for middle school & high school start times; provides district school board requirements; requires charter schools to meet requirements relating to middle school & high school start times."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 733"
citation: "Florida HB 733 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-78"
primary_sponsors: ["Temple"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa6eec2-2346-4967-b567-ad4e932577bc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/733/ByCategory"
source_hash: "92575d31739d6343ccffa1ba370e31ecbd6ddf9f19256ce757a9e9bd56f7351d"
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 733 (2023) — Middle School and High School Start Times

Middle School and High School Start Times; Provides requirements for middle school & high school start times; provides district school board requirements; requires charter schools to meet requirements relating to middle school & high school start times.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-78.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 733 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/733/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 733 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/733/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 733 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/733/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **92–20** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Temple — primary (person)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-14** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-16** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-21** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-03-23** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **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 92, NAYS 20 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for SB 1112
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** Chapter No. 2023-78
- **2023-05-15** Chapter No. 2023-78

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa6eec2-2346-4967-b567-ad4e932577bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).