---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program"
description: "Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program; Establishes Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within DOE; provides purpose of program, eligibility criteria, & Commissioner of Education, DOE, & school district duties & responsibilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "Florida HB 523 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-51"
primary_sponsors: ["Black", "Canady"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-17"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26851630-2afe-429c-87a2-7f97780f0a15"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/523/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1ac5f432ea97bb760863de1d9ef6b6eb52b8042bccd4bba96105320e666ff475"
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 523 (2024) — Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program

Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program; Establishes Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within DOE; provides purpose of program, eligibility criteria, & Commissioner of Education, DOE, & school district duties & responsibilities.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-51.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 523 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/523/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 523 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/523/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Black — primary (person)
- Canady — primary (person)
- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-18** Favorable by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-18** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-01-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-14** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-14** Substituted for SB 694
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-14** In Messages
- **2024-02-14** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Chapter No. 2024-51

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26851630-2afe-429c-87a2-7f97780f0a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).