republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2022/sb-896.md

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Bill	Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans	Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans; Authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requiring a teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold a temporary certificate; specifying the duration and issuance of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2022	SB 896	Florida SB 896 (2022)	bill		enacted	2022-186	Burgess Education	3	33	5	2021-11-10	2022-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/5d6470c3-a0e7-4dc2-a1b2-4e5fff1341ad	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/896/ByCategory	372a24c5dadf92849a685c394351603824b8c06a97dae6a9ff60f631695f695e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 896 (2022) — Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans

Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans; Authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requiring a teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold a temporary certificate; specifying the duration and issuance of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-186.

Version chain

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

1. S 896 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 896 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 896 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burgess — primary (person)
• Education — primary (person)
• Perry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-10 Filed filing
• 2021-11-30 Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Education; Rules referral-committee
• 2022-01-06 On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2022-01-11 Introduced introduction
• 2022-01-11 Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-12 Now in Education
• 2022-01-27 On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2022-02-01 CS by Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
• 2022-02-02 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2022-02-02 Now in Rules
• 2022-02-02 CS by Education read 1st time
• 2022-02-07 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/22, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2022-02-10 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
• 2022-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2022-02-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2022-02-23 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2022-02-23 Immediately certified
• 2022-02-23 In Messages
• 2022-02-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2022-02-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
• 2022-02-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• 2022-03-03 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 573
• 2022-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2022-03-03 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2022-03-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2022-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 passage
• 2022-03-04 Ordered enrolled
• 2022-06-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2022-06-09 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-10 Chapter No. 2022-186

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d6470c3-a0e7-4dc2-a1b2-4e5fff1341ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).