republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-1279.md

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Florida HB 1279 (2018) — School District Accountability

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-5.

Version chain

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

1. H 1279 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1279 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1279 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 1279 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 1279 e1 (engrossed) — source
6. H 1279 e2 (engrossed) — source
7. H 1279 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 96–16 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 109–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sullivan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-07 Filed filing
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-12 Referred to PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-12 On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee, 01/17/18, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
• 2018-01-17 CS by PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-18 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-18 CS by PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-01-19 Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2018-01-26 On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
• 2018-01-30 CS/CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-30 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-31 Now in Education Committee
• 2018-01-31 CS/CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-02-05 On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/07/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
• 2018-02-07 CS/CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-08 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-08 CS/CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time
• 2018-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
• 2018-02-20 Read 2nd time -HJ 635, 636 reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Amendment(s) adopted (235917)
• 2018-02-20 Amendment(s) ruled out of order (871173)
• 2018-02-20 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 5 passage
• 2018-02-28 In Messages
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Education; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Received
• 2018-03-02 Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2018-03-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-02 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1804
• 2018-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-02 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) adopted (769224)
• 2018-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6 passage
• 2018-03-05 In returning messages
• 2018-03-05 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (769224)
• 2018-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 96 NAYS 16 passage
• 2018-03-05 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-11 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-12 Chapter No. 2018-5

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72f5b3c4-b6eb-4ed4-ab7f-0cb138a4ac14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).