---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educator Preparation"
description: "Educator Preparation; Provides legislative intent; requiring the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices; requiring the department to submit workgroup findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; requiring the State Board of Education to consider certain revisions and a specified rule by a certain date; requiring the department to develop a teacher examination; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 875"
citation: "Florida HB 875 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["t"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-107"
primary_sponsors: ["Rizo", "Snyder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3438595a-b28b-4b71-a589-8f823d39a5dd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/ByCategory"
source_hash: "50c37130f1091e5ce72a89a7d1f10098a4ef13e450397d6382b91ab869acf2f2"
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 875 (2025) — Educator Preparation

Educator Preparation; Provides legislative intent; requiring the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices; requiring the department to submit workgroup findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; requiring the State Board of Education to consider certain revisions and a specified rule by a certain date; requiring the department to develop a teacher examination; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-107.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 875 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 875 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 875 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 875 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 875 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 875 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/875/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **91–22** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **84–27** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Careers & Workforce Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Rizo — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** 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 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 (4/23/2025)
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Amendment 087111 adopted
- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** CS passed as amended; YEAS 84, NAYS 27 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-30** Substituted for CS/SB 1590
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (208910)
- **2025-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** In Messages
- **2025-05-02** Senate Message List
- **2025-05-02** Amendment 346467 adopted
- **2025-05-02** Concurred in Senate amendment 208910 as amended
- **2025-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 91, NAYS 22 `passage`
- **2025-05-02** In returning messages
- **2025-05-02** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (346467)
- **2025-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-02** In Messages
- **2025-05-02** Ordered 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. 2025-107

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3438595a-b28b-4b71-a589-8f823d39a5dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).