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type: "Bill"
title: "Students with Disabilities in Public Schools"
description: "Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibits use of seclusion on students; revises provisions relating to use of restraint on certain students; provides DOE, school district, school, & personnel requirements; provides for placement of video camera in specified classrooms; provides requirements for such placement; requires continuing education & inservice training for teaching students with emotional or behavioral disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Florida HB 149 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-140"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b9bd33-8e38-40fd-a02b-a5bfcaec9c85"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2cf4118435c6840e38a35b3634b584c509c5d2bf86ff26ff36f2720855493a96"
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 149 (2021) — Students with Disabilities in Public Schools
Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibits use of seclusion on students; revises provisions relating to use of restraint on certain students; provides DOE, school district, school, & personnel requirements; provides for placement of video camera in specified classrooms; provides requirements for such placement; requires continuing education & inservice training for teaching students with emotional or behavioral disabilities.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-140.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 149 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 149 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 149 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **161** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee; Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with CS by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-04** CS Filed
- **2021-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-12** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-15** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 192
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** 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. 2021-140
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79b9bd33-8e38-40fd-a02b-a5bfcaec9c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).