---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity Experiential Learning"
description: "Cybersecurity Experiential Learning; Requires, subject to Legislative appropriation, Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida) to develop Cybersecurity Experiential Learning Program; provides requirements for program; & provides reporting requirements for Cyber Florida related to participation in & improvement of program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Florida HB 1081 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["k"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-170"
primary_sponsors: ["Sirois"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99598a50-3f6a-457d-a452-7f3cebfc75fe"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1081/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7c67f5afdf1232b316f18d21949c38c0cfca3430621218782614087e0e9efc6d"
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 1081 (2026) — Cybersecurity Experiential Learning

Cybersecurity Experiential Learning; Requires, subject to Legislative appropriation, Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida) to develop Cybersecurity Experiential Learning Program; provides requirements for program; & provides reporting requirements for Cyber Florida related to participation in & improvement of program.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-170.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1081 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1081/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1081 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1081/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1081 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1081/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1081 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1081/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1081 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1081/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Careers & Workforce Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Budget Committee) — **29–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Budget Committee — primary (organization)
- Careers & Workforce Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Sirois — primary (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 Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Now in Budget Committee
- **2026-01-23** Added to Budget Committee agenda
- **2026-01-27** Favorable with CS by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Budget Committee
- **2026-01-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-28** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-06** PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-02-13** PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1266
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-26** Chapter No. 2026-170

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99598a50-3f6a-457d-a452-7f3cebfc75fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).