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type: "Bill"
title: "Individual Education Plan Requirements for Students with Disabilities"
description: "Individual Education Plan Requirements for Students with Disabilities; Revises provision related to development and implementation of IEPs for students with disabilities regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities including such IEP requirements, timeline, information provided, & statement of intent; requires DOE Education to review specified services & programs; requires DOE to establish & publish uniform best practices for such services & programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Florida HB 173 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-142"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/810bb2b6-6280-4dcf-8733-da49200f0563"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/173/ByCategory"
source_hash: "08dd57089aca3a9d88334dda9e5f9b51f4d147b7c64aabfc6bb2023fb4c4a67c"
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 173 (2021) — Individual Education Plan Requirements for Students with Disabilities
Individual Education Plan Requirements for Students with Disabilities; Revises provision related to development and implementation of IEPs for students with disabilities regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities including such IEP requirements, timeline, information provided, & statement of intent; requires DOE Education to review specified services & programs; requires DOE to establish & publish uniform best practices for such services & programs.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-142.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 173 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/173/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 173 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/173/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 173 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/173/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 173 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/173/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1180** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-10** PCS added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with CS by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-12** CS Filed
- **2021-03-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-16** Original reference removed: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 726
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** 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. 2021-142
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/810bb2b6-6280-4dcf-8733-da49200f0563`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).