--- type: "Bill" title: "Education" description: "Education; Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 182" citation: "Florida SB 182 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-33" primary_sponsors: ["Jones"] version_count: 5 action_count: 41 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-10-14" last_action: "2026-04-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad5046dc-c007-40f6-b556-2dca320638ae" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/ByCategory" source_hash: "82fb3ad1fa5ddbe58741c51c7baff441bc01c5d837620b574b302b6e3ba3c1a7" 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 SB 182 (2026) — Education Education; Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-33. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 182 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 182 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 182 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 182 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 182 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Passage — **91–11** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education — primary (organization) - Education Pre-K - 12 — primary (organization) - Jones — primary (person) - Bracy Davis — cosponsor (person) - Massullo — cosponsor (person) - Osgood — cosponsor (person) - Yarborough — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-10-14** Filed `filing` - **2025-11-03** Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction` - **2026-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-10** CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2026-02-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-11** CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time - **2026-02-12** Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education - **2026-02-20** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/25/26, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building - **2026-02-25** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2026-02-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-26** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2026-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-26** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time - **2026-03-02** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26 - **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-06** In Messages - **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) - **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-11** Amendment 696291 adopted - **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-11** In returning messages - **2026-03-12** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (899512) - **2026-03-12** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (696291) - **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-12** In Messages - **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List - **2026-03-12** Amendment 899512 Concur - **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 91, NAYS 11 `passage` - **2026-03-17** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-04-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-04-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-04-21** Chapter No. 2026-33 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad5046dc-c007-40f6-b556-2dca320638ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).