---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements"
description: "Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements; Designating the \"Expanding Public Sector Career Opportunities Act\"; providing that a postsecondary degree may be a baseline requirement for employment with a public employer only under a certain circumstance; authorizing an agency to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary education requirements for a person seeking to enter into a contract with the agency under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1310"
citation: "Florida SB 1310 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-256"
primary_sponsors: ["Community Affairs", "DiCeglie", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d6e9e0-bc6c-4410-8632-aa0ab0c9373e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e5707355079580dbaf5b9fe0f017c4f44625df03919bc2700bbcefc0c058ff1b"
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 SB 1310 (2023) — Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements

Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements; Designating the "Expanding Public Sector Career Opportunities Act"; providing that a postsecondary degree may be a baseline requirement for employment with a public employer only under a certain circumstance; authorizing an agency to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary education requirements for a person seeking to enter into a contract with the agency under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-256.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1310 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1310 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1310 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1310 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Community Affairs — primary (person)
- DiCeglie — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Hooper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/22/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Now in Community Affairs
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-29** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-30** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-30** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-04-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/24/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-24** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-25** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-256

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d6e9e0-bc6c-4410-8632-aa0ab0c9373e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).