republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-731.md

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Florida HB 731 (2018) — Home Education

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-134.

Version chain

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

1. H 731 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 731 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 731 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 731 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 731 e2 (engrossed) — source
6. H 731 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sullivan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-17 Filed filing
• 2017-12-08 Referred to PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-05 On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee, 01/09/18, 1:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-09 CS by PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-10 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-11 CS by PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-01-12 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 Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-30 Now in Education Committee
• 2018-02-05 On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/07/18, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
• 2018-02-07 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 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 reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Amendment(s) adopted (454191) -HJ 637, 638
• 2018-02-20 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-02-28 In Messages
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 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 CS/CS/SB 732
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Amendment(s) adopted (815502) -SJ 935, 938
• 2018-03-08 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-09 In returning messages
• 2018-03-09 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (815502) -HJ 1190, 1193
• 2018-03-09 CS passed as amended; YEAS 101 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-09 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-30 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-02 Chapter No. 2018-134

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7adbfc7-4f46-466b-9a81-375d52ec983a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).