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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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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.

  1. H 233 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 233 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 233 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 233 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 2315 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — 146 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Amendment(s) (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — 126 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 7742 (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).