---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Education"
description: "Public Education ; Providing members of a district school board with specified rights; requiring that certain documents from district school board meetings be kept as public records; defining the term \"good cause\"; providing that a school district employee may not be required or incentivized to sign a nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement; prohibiting a school district from imposing certain conditions on employment, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "Florida HB 1073 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-73"
primary_sponsors: ["Koster"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8724ecb5-c2c0-4acb-ad46-77e5db6877f7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fa849c1702d43bc25a3f4c174eecea74c00c581e4454651eae265e90e9ba701e"
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 1073 (2026) — Public Education

Public Education ; Providing members of a district school board with specified rights; requiring that certain documents from district school board meetings be kept as public records; defining the term "good cause"; providing that a school district employee may not be required or incentivized to sign a nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement; prohibiting a school district from imposing certain conditions on employment, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-73.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1073 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1073 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1073 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1073 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/e2/PDF)
5. **H 1073 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Education Administration Subcommittee) — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **96–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education Administration Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Koster — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** PCS added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-01-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-03** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment 027385 adopted
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 96, NAYS 10 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1620
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Amendment(s) adopted (192994)
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 192994 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Chapter No. 2026-73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8724ecb5-c2c0-4acb-ad46-77e5db6877f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).