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| Bill | Postsecondary Education | Postsecondary Education; Prohibits State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech; requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity; creates a cause of action for recording or publication of certain video or audio recordings; revises provisions related to protected expressive activity, university student governments, & codes of conduct. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 233 | Florida HB 233 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-159 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2021-01-13 | 2021-06-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/3c46df02-d962-457e-a541-799482a46bc2 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/ByCategory | 4b76063ce3048aaeed25e8a32eebfb0030076f6012b0eec71bca820603986db0 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 233 (2021) — Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary Education; Prohibits State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech; requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity; creates a cause of action for recording or publication of certain video or audio recordings; revises provisions related to protected expressive activity, university student governments, & codes of conduct.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-159.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 233 Filed (filed) — source
- H 233 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 233 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 233 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 23–15 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — 12–6 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 77–42 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Filed
filing - 2021-01-22 Referred to Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-10 PCS added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-02-17 Favorable with CS by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- 2021-02-19 Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
- 2021-02-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-02-19 CS Filed
- 2021-02-23 Original reference removed: Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2021-02-23 Referred to Education & Employment Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-23 Now in Education & Employment Committee
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2021-03-08 Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- 2021-03-10 Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- 2021-03-10 Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- 2021-03-10 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-03-10 CS Filed
- 2021-03-10 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- 2021-03-11 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-03-11 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-03-11 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/18/2021)
- 2021-03-18 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-03-18 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-03-18 CS passed; YEAS 77, NAYS 42
passage - 2021-03-25 In Messages
- 2021-03-30 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-03-30 Received
- 2021-04-01 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2021-04-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-01 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 264
- 2021-04-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-01 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-07 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-07 CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 15
passage - 2021-04-07 Immediately certified
- 2021-04-07 In Messages
- 2021-04-07 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-06-11 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-22 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-06-23 Chapter No. 2021-159
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c46df02-d962-457e-a541-799482a46bc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).