---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workforce Education"
description: "Workforce Education; Provides that charter schools are eligible for Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program; revises number of programs school districts & Florida College System institutions must offer money-back guarantees for through money-back guarantee program by specified date; requires such programs be reported to SBE; provides requirements for specified student eligibility criteria for tuition reimbursement under program; & revises reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1145"
citation: "Florida HB 1145 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-144"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/829976a5-532f-4a66-b759-2455b3d9e89f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1145/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1303d63c1b28d3c341c56657698baba04cd7518dfe6e1194d209c32a9c0aed5b"
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 1145 (2025) — Workforce Education

Workforce Education; Provides that charter schools are eligible for Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program; revises number of programs school districts & Florida College System institutions must offer money-back guarantees for through money-back guarantee program by specified date; requires such programs be reported to SBE; provides requirements for specified student eligibility criteria for tuition reimbursement under program; & revises reporting requirements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-144.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1145 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1145/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1145 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1145/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1145 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1145/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **100–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Higher Education Budget Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Shoaf — primary (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2025-03-10** Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2025-03-12** Now in Higher Education Budget Subcommittee
- **2025-03-14** Added to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-18** Favorable with CS by Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Reported out of Higher Education Budget Subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2025-03-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2025-03-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** CS passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 742
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-16** Chapter No. 2025-144, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/829976a5-532f-4a66-b759-2455b3d9e89f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).