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Bill	Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments	Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments; Expands examination & assessment instruments which are confidential & exempt from public record requirements; provides provisions governing access, maintenance, & destruction of certain instruments & related materials shall be prescribed by rules of State Board of Education and regulations of Board of Governors; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides legislative findings; provides statement of public necessity.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	HB 311	Florida HB 311 (2021)	bill		enacted	2021-81	Silvers	3	45	5	2021-01-19	2021-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/52b198b2-3edf-420e-b521-2c87197fe7b2	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/311/ByCategory	928fea004265a3425577845c156657f7f9bacdb5be5d59958cad4da5eaec7189	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 311 (2021) — Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments

Pub. Rec/Assessment Instruments; Expands examination & assessment instruments which are confidential & exempt from public record requirements; provides provisions governing access, maintenance, & destruction of certain instruments & related materials shall be prescribed by rules of State Board of Education and regulations of Board of Governors; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides legislative findings; provides statement of public necessity.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-81.

Version chain

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

1. H 311 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 311 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 311 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Silvers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-19 Filed filing
• 2021-02-03 Referred to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Referred to Education & Employment Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
• 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
• 2021-03-05 Added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-03-09 Favorable with CS by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
• 2021-03-10 Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
• 2021-03-10 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-03-10 CS Filed
• 2021-03-10 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• 2021-03-12 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Referred to Education & Employment Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2021-03-22 Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-03-24 Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2021-03-24 Now in Education & Employment Committee
• 2021-03-25 Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
• 2021-03-29 Favorable by Education & Employment Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
• 2021-03-29 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2021-03-29 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
• 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-20 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-21 CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 passage
• 2021-04-21 In Messages
• 2021-04-21 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Received
• 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-04-22 Substituted for SB 1456
• 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-22 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 638, 639 passage
• 2021-04-22 In Messages
• 2021-04-22 Ordered enrolled
• 2021-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2021-06-11 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-14 Chapter No. 2021-81

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52b198b2-3edf-420e-b521-2c87197fe7b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).