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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Postsecondary Education"
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description: "Postsecondary Education; Prohibits State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech; requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity; creates a cause of action for recording or publication of certain video or audio recordings; revises provisions related to protected expressive activity, university student governments, & codes of conduct."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 233"
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citation: "Florida HB 233 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-159"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c46df02-d962-457e-a541-799482a46bc2"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "4b76063ce3048aaeed25e8a32eebfb0030076f6012b0eec71bca820603986db0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 233 (2021) — Postsecondary Education
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Postsecondary Education; Prohibits State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech; requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity; creates a cause of action for recording or publication of certain video or audio recordings; revises provisions related to protected expressive activity, university student governments, & codes of conduct.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-159.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 233 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 233 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 233 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 233 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **23–15** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee) — **12–6** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **77–42** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-22** Referred to Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** PCS added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-02-17** Favorable with CS by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-19** Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-02-19** CS Filed
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- **2021-02-23** Original reference removed: Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-23** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-23** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-08** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
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- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
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- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-03-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-03-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/18/2021)
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- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-18** CS passed; YEAS 77, NAYS 42 `passage`
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- **2021-03-25** In Messages
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- **2021-03-30** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Received
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- **2021-04-01** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 264
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- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-01** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-07** CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 15 `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-07** In Messages
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- **2021-04-07** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-159
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c46df02-d962-457e-a541-799482a46bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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