--- type: "Bill" title: "Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding" description: "Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding; Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 681" citation: "Florida HB 681 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["labor"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-139" primary_sponsors: ["Melo"] version_count: 3 action_count: 44 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-02-18" last_action: "2025-06-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0917d4b7-6d9b-4088-8822-b8b71d8be356" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/681/ByCategory" source_hash: "106dd3b38c1fbc231e59a058ad4af5a0a30dcede4e95cab30de30d740d104fdf" 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 681 (2025) — Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding; Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-139. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 681 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/681/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 681 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/681/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 681 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/681/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Careers & Workforce Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Melo — primary (person) - Bankson — cosponsor (person) - Barnaby — cosponsor (person) - Benarroch — cosponsor (person) - Edmonds — cosponsor (person) - Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person) - Kendall — cosponsor (person) - López, J. — cosponsor (person) - Overdorf — cosponsor (person) - Rizo — cosponsor (person) - Salzman — cosponsor (person) - Trabulsy — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-18** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-26** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-26** Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-26** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-26** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-21** PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-25** Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-25** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee - **2025-03-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-03-25** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-03-26** Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-26** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-26** Now in Higher Education Budget Subcommittee - **2025-03-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-03-28** Added to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee agenda - **2025-04-01** Favorable by Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-01** Reported out of Higher Education Budget Subcommittee - **2025-04-01** Now in Education & Employment Committee - **2025-04-04** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda - **2025-04-08** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee - **2025-04-08** Bill released to House Calendar - **2025-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025) - **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-16** In Messages - **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled` - **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/SB 1458 - **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-24** In Messages - **2025-04-24** 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. 2025-139 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0917d4b7-6d9b-4088-8822-b8b71d8be356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).