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type: "Bill"
title: "Educator Conduct"
description: "Educator Conduct; Requiring DOE to maintain a disqualification list of individuals; revises provisions relating to employment & termination of public school & private school employees; revises duties of DOE, Commissioner of Education, school districts, & school principals relating to employee conduct & employment & termination of public school & private school employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Florida HB 131 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-138"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-29"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4317b09d-525b-4492-b8ec-776512384b64"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/131/ByCategory"
source_hash: "81fcbee540e185e9a8a8cb345eabc4656dc11f81fab73b3165aff5d2c169f105"
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 131 (2021) — Educator Conduct
Educator Conduct; Requiring DOE to maintain a disqualification list of individuals; revises provisions relating to employment & termination of public school & private school employees; revises duties of DOE, Commissioner of Education, school districts, & school principals relating to employee conduct & employment & termination of public school & private school employees.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-138.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 131 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/131/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 131 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/131/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 131 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/131/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 131 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/131/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee; Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-08** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-16** Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-25** CS Filed
- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-03-29** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-29** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 1864
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 858, 859 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-138
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4317b09d-525b-4492-b8ec-776512384b64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).