--- type: "Bill" title: "Extracurricular Activities" description: "Extracurricular Activities; Authorizing district school boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds to provide funding to specified persons relating to extracurricular activities; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity; requiring the athletic director or other appropriate administrator to maintain records for all eligible students participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at a member school; authorizing a public school to assess an activity fee for certain students; prohibiting a student from participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at two different schools within the same school year unless the student meets specified criteria, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 538" citation: "Florida SB 538 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-93" primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary", "Simon"] version_count: 6 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-11-17" last_action: "2026-05-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd30ce5-c538-4840-9769-95333d4a8b72" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/ByCategory" source_hash: "4f39993f4d04b5be56bb870377878037b05acd17a4b9c923587756929fa09e10" 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 538 (2026) — Extracurricular Activities Extracurricular Activities; Authorizing district school boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds to provide funding to specified persons relating to extracurricular activities; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity; requiring the athletic director or other appropriate administrator to maintain records for all eligible students participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at a member school; authorizing a public school to assess an activity fee for certain students; prohibiting a student from participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at two different schools within the same school year unless the student meets specified criteria, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-93. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 538 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 538 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 538 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 538 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/BillText/c3/HTML) 5. **S 538 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/BillText/e1/HTML) 6. **S 538 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/538/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **23–0** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **104–6** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Education Pre-K - 12 — primary (organization) - Judiciary — primary (person) - Rules — primary (organization) - Simon — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-11-17** Filed `filing` - **2025-12-01** Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction` - **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2026-01-20** CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2026-01-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-01-22** Now in Judiciary - **2026-01-22** CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time - **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2026-02-03** CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2026-02-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-04** CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time - **2026-02-04** Now in Rules - **2026-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-10** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 - **2026-02-11** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-11** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26 - **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-02-19** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-02-19** Immediately certified - **2026-02-19** In Messages - **2026-03-05** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-03-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026) - **2026-03-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1` - **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-09** Amendment 838301 adopted - **2026-03-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 6 `passage` - **2026-03-09** In returning messages - **2026-03-11** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (838301) - **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-11** Ordered engrossed, then 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. 2026-93 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).