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type: "Bill"
title: "Reproductive Health and Disease Education"
description: "Reproductive Health and Disease Education; Requires each school district to publish notice on district's website concerning parent's right to exempt student from reproductive health & disease education; requires district school boards to annually approve instructional materials relating to reproductive health & disease education in an open, noticed public meeting; specifies that reproductive health & disease education instructional materials are to be made available for public review & comment under specific process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Florida HB 545 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["evidence", "ports and harbors"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-69"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/131a5809-dff3-4925-8ad5-7269880ba9db"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/545/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ed1feadb7f6001b4f41117388fdffcb47a73b19545858766f74e68962e50e249"
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 545 (2021) — Reproductive Health and Disease Education
Reproductive Health and Disease Education; Requires each school district to publish notice on district's website concerning parent's right to exempt student from reproductive health & disease education; requires district school boards to annually approve instructional materials relating to reproductive health & disease education in an open, noticed public meeting; specifies that reproductive health & disease education instructional materials are to be made available for public review & comment under specific process.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-69.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 545 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/545/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 545 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/545/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 545 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/545/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 545 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/545/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **182** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **364** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **8224** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **134** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-08** PCS added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-12** Original reference removed: Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Original reference removed: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2021-04-13** PCS 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** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 82, NAYS 24 `passage`
- **2021-04-23** In Messages
- **2021-04-23** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 410
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-69
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/131a5809-dff3-4925-8ad5-7269880ba9db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).