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---
type: "Bill"
title: "High School Graduation Requirements"
description: "High School Graduation Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Florida HB 577 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["career education", "education", "state board of"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-154"
primary_sponsors: ["Silvers", "Duran"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-08"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e75cc9b-c69b-4f06-9c50-4b1eb955d534"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00577/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fa593acf5c47e3eede2a11d590f9321f7f68139cd21445984601f05d6316f38e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 577 (2018) — High School Graduation Requirements
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-154.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 577 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/577/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 577 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/577/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Committee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee) — **150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Silvers — primary (person)
- Duran — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-11-08** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Favorable by PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Now in Education Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 01/18/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Education Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for SB 856
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-154
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e75cc9b-c69b-4f06-9c50-4b1eb955d534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).