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type: "Bill"
title: "Educational Instruction of Historical Events"
description: "Educational Instruction of Historical Events; Directing the Commissioner of Education's African American History Task Force to determine ways in which the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots will be included in required instruction on African-American history; directing the Secretary of State to take certain action regarding the inclusion of the history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots in museum exhibits; directing the Secretary of Environmental Protection to assess naming opportunities for state parks, or a portion of a facility therein, in recognizing victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; encouraging district school boards to assess naming opportunities for naming school facilities in recognition of victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; including certain instruction related to anti-Semitism in the required instruction relating to the Holocaust; designating a certain week as \"Holocaust Education Week\", etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1213"
citation: "Florida HB 1213 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-88"
primary_sponsors: ["PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3e19fd5-e15f-4ca4-87b2-f4a7479649b9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6300d0cedd7fe17dcc83ec756efff5f7f95a328af777201d85942d02a12862ce"
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 1213 (2020) — Educational Instruction of Historical Events
Educational Instruction of Historical Events; Directing the Commissioner of Education's African American History Task Force to determine ways in which the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots will be included in required instruction on African-American history; directing the Secretary of State to take certain action regarding the inclusion of the history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots in museum exhibits; directing the Secretary of Environmental Protection to assess naming opportunities for state parks, or a portion of a facility therein, in recognizing victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; encouraging district school boards to assess naming opportunities for naming school facilities in recognition of victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; including certain instruction related to anti-Semitism in the required instruction relating to the Holocaust; designating a certain week as "Holocaust Education Week", etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-88.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1213 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1213 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1213 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1213 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1213 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1213 e3** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/e3/PDF)
7. **H 1213 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1213/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall
- **2020-01-28** CS by PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-29** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-30** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-30** CS by PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall
- **2020-02-04** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Now in Education Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2020-02-12** CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-14** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-17** CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (292289) -HJ 867, 868
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Amendment(s) adopted (573623)
- **2020-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1628
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Amendment(s) adopted (484636)
- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 681, 682 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (484636)
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-88
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3e19fd5-e15f-4ca4-87b2-f4a7479649b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).