---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education"
description: "Education; Revises provisions relating to K-12 education, postsecondary education, & Education Practices Commission; establishes Purple Star School District Program; creates AA specialized transfer degrees; requires SBE to adopt rules for issuance of classical education teaching certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "Florida HB 1285 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-101"
primary_sponsors: ["Canady"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4bb36c-24c0-4a5e-9631-00cbb30efe66"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/ByCategory"
source_hash: "996657eca86ea606aa8a421dbf24769729acd069c4f22babd9e992047887665e"
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 1285 (2024) — Education

Education; Revises provisions relating to K-12 education, postsecondary education, & Education Practices Commission; establishes Purple Star School District Program; creates AA specialized transfer degrees; requires SBE to adopt rules for issuance of classical education teaching certificate.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-101.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1285 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1285 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1285 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1285 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1285 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1285 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1285/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **84–29** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **84–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canady — primary (person)
- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-30** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-05** PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Amendment 730881 adopted
- **2024-02-15** Amendment 343893 Failed
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed as amended; YEAS 84, NAYS 35 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 996
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (155292)
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 495571 Failed
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 648583 Failed
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 155292 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 84, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Chapter No. 2024-101; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7002 (Ch. 2024-159), CS/SB 7004 (Ch. 2024-160)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a4bb36c-24c0-4a5e-9631-00cbb30efe66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).