--- type: "Bill" title: "Education" description: "Education; Provides that a charter school is a public facility for the purpose of concurrency; authorizes a charter school governing board to adopt its own code of student conduct; authorizes a student in a full-time virtual instruction program to participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school in the school district in which the student resides or to develop an agreement to participate at a private school, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 443" citation: "Florida HB 443 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-106" primary_sponsors: ["Rizo", "Snyder"] version_count: 5 action_count: 47 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-02-06" last_action: "2025-06-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244b8d68-debf-4271-afb7-738331eb03f4" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/443/ByCategory" source_hash: "827ad436b402a65debfb4e2efcea591cc4aa93091dfd5018d5f7063939eeb183" 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 443 (2025) — Education Education; Provides that a charter school is a public facility for the purpose of concurrency; authorizes a charter school governing board to adopt its own code of student conduct; authorizes a student in a full-time virtual instruction program to participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school in the school district in which the student resides or to develop an agreement to participate at a private school, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-106. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 443 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/443/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 443 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/443/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 443 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/443/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 443 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/443/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 443 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/443/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **83–28** (pass) · lower - Passage — **86–25** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **30–7** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization) - Education Administration Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Rizo — primary (person) - Snyder — primary (person) - Barnaby — cosponsor (person) - Kendall — cosponsor (person) - Maggard — cosponsor (person) - Porras — cosponsor (person) - Salzman — cosponsor (person) - Trabulsy — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-06** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-12** Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Now in Education Administration Subcommittee - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-25** Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-27** Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-28** Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee - **2025-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-03-28** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-03-31** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-31** Now in Education & Employment Committee - **2025-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-04-04** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda - **2025-04-08** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-09** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee - **2025-04-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-04-09** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-04-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2025-04-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2025-04-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025) - **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage` - **2025-04-24** In Messages - **2025-04-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2025-04-24** Received `enrolled` - **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 822 - **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (147816) - **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 7 `passage` - **2025-04-30** In Messages - **2025-05-01** Senate Message List - **2025-05-01** Amendment 147816 Concur - **2025-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 86, NAYS 25 `passage` - **2025-05-01** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-02** Chapter No. 2025-106 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/244b8d68-debf-4271-afb7-738331eb03f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).