---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Learning for Instructional and School Administrative Personnel"
description: "Professional Learning for Instructional and School Administrative Personnel; Requires certain professional learning systems to provide at least one autism-specific professional learning opportunity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 851"
citation: "Florida HB 851 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-109"
primary_sponsors: ["Long"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af5f0ea-dad2-448c-b07b-7f783866d932"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/851/ByCategory"
source_hash: "10bad3aa60ab7e8a1754e6dba97803c44056fa2ec15bbb0412b62aed5e96d065"
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 851 (2026) — Professional Learning for Instructional and School Administrative Personnel

Professional Learning for Instructional and School Administrative Personnel; Requires certain professional learning systems to provide at least one autism-specific professional learning opportunity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-109.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 851 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/851/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 851 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/851/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 851 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/851/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Student Academic Success Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Long — primary (person)
- Student Academic Success Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** PCS added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-11** Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- **2026-02-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-13** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2026-02-17** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2026-02-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 206
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (354086)
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 354086 Refuse to Concur
- **2026-03-12** Refused to concur, requested Senate to recede
- **2026-03-12** In returning messages
- **2026-03-12** Receded from 1 amendment(s) (354086)
- **2026-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-109

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1af5f0ea-dad2-448c-b07b-7f783866d932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).