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type: "Bill"
title: "Parents' Bill of Rights"
description: "Parents' Bill of Rights; Provides parental rights relating to a minor child's education, upbringing, & health care; provides school district, health care practitioner, hospital requirements & specified penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Florida HB 241 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-199"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Grall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8dbdaf7-ae5c-4b51-8391-63803f13211a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/241/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6f77ec109a2256742352ddf922ebd602b992fb2bb807e37bd17c7c6d4c76d7dd"
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 241 (2021) — Parents' Bill of Rights
Parents' Bill of Rights; Provides parental rights relating to a minor child's education, upbringing, & health care; provides school district, health care practitioner, hospital requirements & specified penalties.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-199.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 241 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/241/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 241 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/241/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **147** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **156** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **137** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **7837** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **2415** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Byrd — primary (person)
- Grall — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee; Judiciary Committee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2021-03-02** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-03-02** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-17** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 37 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 582
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 15 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-199
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8dbdaf7-ae5c-4b51-8391-63803f13211a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).