---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hillsborough County"
description: "Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hillsborough County; Provides for elected superintendent of schools; requires referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4027"
citation: "Florida HB 4027 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-02"
last_action: "2026-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f182b670-8ddd-4ad0-bf41-ec5db84f54c2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4027/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4a22bdd0859acb54ffb4628eec43eb8ae4ecebc7dde423b042ed50e18c984f55"
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 4027 (2026) — Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hillsborough County

Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hillsborough County; Provides for elected superintendent of schools; requires referendum.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4027 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4027/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4027 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4027/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **86–26** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Administration Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-12** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-14** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-14** Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2026-01-16** Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Education Administration Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-23** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-01-27** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-27** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Passed; YEAS 86, NAYS 26 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** In Messages
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f182b670-8ddd-4ad0-bf41-ec5db84f54c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).