---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program"
description: "Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishes Dozier School for Boys & Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within DLA; requires DLA to provide specified notice & accept & process applications for payment of compensation claims; requires DLA to pay specified compensation amount to approved applicants; limits compensation applicant may receive; authorizes Commissioner of Education to award standard high school diploma to specified persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Florida HB 21 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-254"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael", "Salzman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-08-24"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca47ad54-6614-417e-ae0d-d3dcee214ac8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/21/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e07d6cd8e0941f07bcd3124cdc01a4ee7a1f9b6ce42b3a4e4a3d3db6a42ee4be"
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 21 (2024) — Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program

Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishes Dozier School for Boys & Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within DLA; requires DLA to provide specified notice & accept & process applications for payment of compensation claims; requires DLA to pay specified compensation amount to approved applicants; limits compensation applicant may receive; authorizes Commissioner of Education to award standard high school diploma to specified persons.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-254.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 21 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/21/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 21 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/21/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 21 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/21/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 21 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/21/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Motion to Co-Introduce, Second Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Michael — primary (person)
- Salzman — primary (person)
- Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Rayner — cosponsor (person)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Original reference removed: State Affairs Committee
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-16** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-02-20** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-21** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 049243 adopted
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 24
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-254; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2024-255)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca47ad54-6614-417e-ae0d-d3dcee214ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).