---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary Educational Institutions"
description: "Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Revises date by which State Board of Education & Board of Governors must annually compile & publish specified assessments; prohibits public institutions of higher education from requiring completion of political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; provides requirements for such prohibited tests & qualifications; requires each state university to establish Office of Public Policy Events; provides duties of offices; authorizes state university to assign duties of office to existing office within university; designates Florida Student Association as nonprofit advocacy organization for students of State University System; & authorizes Chancellor of BOG, with approval from BOG, to designate another organization to serve such students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 931"
citation: "Florida HB 931 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-83"
primary_sponsors: ["Roach"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df80a68a-97cc-46dd-b036-4db16092bcad"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/ByCategory"
source_hash: "051f7baeece11d1326032680b4927d71ca135270264813915a857f2c93c26519"
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 931 (2023) — Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Revises date by which State Board of Education & Board of Governors must annually compile & publish specified assessments; prohibits public institutions of higher education from requiring completion of political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; provides requirements for such prohibited tests & qualifications; requires each state university to establish Office of Public Policy Events; provides duties of offices; authorizes state university to assign duties of office to existing office within university; designates Florida Student Association as nonprofit advocacy organization for students of State University System; & authorizes Chancellor of BOG, with approval from BOG, to designate another organization to serve such students.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-83.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 931 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 931 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 931 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 931 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee) — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **82–34** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **15–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Roach — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2023-03-03** Added to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Reported out of Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with CS by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-16** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-17** PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 82, NAYS 34 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 958
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16** Chapter No. 2023-83

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df80a68a-97cc-46dd-b036-4db16092bcad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).