republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/hb-3.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Book Delivery for Elementary Students"
description: "Home Book Delivery for Elementary Students; Provides credits against specified taxes under New Worlds Reading Initiative Tax Credit; revises order in which corporate income tax credit under the Initiative is applied; revises definition of \"adjusted federal income;\" revises specified corporate income tax calculation; provides Initiative, DOE, DOR, administrator, school district, & tax credit requirements; provides for a specified cooperative agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "Florida HB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-193"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bca731b-1a9a-4b93-bbab-8d1be6d8ff71"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/3/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f38040987f74fbaed63a0d37b1283097ce148232f8a9303def2d6abbcae16212"
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 3 (2021) — Home Book Delivery for Elementary Students

Home Book Delivery for Elementary Students; Provides credits against specified taxes under New Worlds Reading Initiative Tax Credit; revises order in which corporate income tax credit under the Initiative is applied; revises definition of "adjusted federal income;" revises specified corporate income tax calculation; provides Initiative, DOE, DOR, administrator, school district, & tax credit requirements; provides for a specified cooperative agreements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-193.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 3 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/3/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 3 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/3/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 3 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/3/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 3 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/3/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee, 02/04/21, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2021-02-04** Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2021-02-04** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-02-26** PCS added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-03** CS Filed
- **2021-03-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-03-26** Removed from Meeting Agenda of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-13** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-04-15** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-15** CS Filed
- **2021-04-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **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 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1372
- **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
- **2021-06-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-193

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bca731b-1a9a-4b93-bbab-8d1be6d8ff71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).