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| Bill | COVID-19 Mandates | COVID-19 Mandates; Prohibits private employers from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandate for certain employees; requires employer to exempt certain employee from vaccination; authorizes employee who is terminated to file complaint with DLA; requires AG to impose administrative fine for violations; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits educational institutions & elected or appointed local officials from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates on students; provides right of action to obtain declaratory judgment & injunctive relief for violations; prohibits educational institutions & governmental entities from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees; declares null & void any ordinance, rule, or policy that imposes mandates; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits mandating facial coverings or restricting certain activities for students based on quarantine policies; provides parents may allow their children to wear facial coverings; prohibits district school boards, district school superintendents, & elected or appointed local officials from prohibiting employees from returning to work or subjecting employees to restrictions or disparate treatment. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021B | HB 1B | Florida HB 1B (2021B) |
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enacted | 2021-272 |
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2 | 37 | 7 | 2021-11-08 | 2021-11-19 | openstates | ocd-bill/96cf922a-9411-4044-bcde-d2eb4f244021 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/1B/ByCategory | 33d9463b59d28d77bea475e0929b44601ae9d919a31b840271cf708f331f0d0c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 1B (2021B) — COVID-19 Mandates
COVID-19 Mandates; Prohibits private employers from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandate for certain employees; requires employer to exempt certain employee from vaccination; authorizes employee who is terminated to file complaint with DLA; requires AG to impose administrative fine for violations; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits educational institutions & elected or appointed local officials from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates on students; provides right of action to obtain declaratory judgment & injunctive relief for violations; prohibits educational institutions & governmental entities from imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees; declares null & void any ordinance, rule, or policy that imposes mandates; specifies eligibility for reemployment assistance for unlawfully terminated employee; prohibits mandating facial coverings or restricting certain activities for students based on quarantine policies; provides parents may allow their children to wear facial coverings; prohibits district school boards, district school superintendents, & elected or appointed local officials from prohibiting employees from returning to work or subjecting employees to restrictions or disparate treatment.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-272.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- A - 139915, Adoption, Second Reading — 39–73 (fail) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 18–6 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 24–14 (pass) · upper
- Quorum, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 78–39 (pass) · lower
- A - 886167, Adoption, Second Reading — 40–78 (fail) · lower
- A - 139915, Quorum, Second Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Grall — primary (person)
- MD — primary (person)
- Massullo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-11-08 Filed
filing - 2021-11-08 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2021-11-08 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2021-11-15 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2021-11-15 Favorable by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-11-15 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2021-11-15 Bill released to Rules Committee
- 2021-11-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (11/16/2021)
- 2021-11-15 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-11-16 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-11-16 Amendment 139915 Failed
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 423057 ruled out of order
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 230279 Failed
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 740571 Failed
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 552373 Failed
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 691917 Failed
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 657537 ruled out of order
- 2021-11-16 Amendment 886167 Failed
- 2021-11-16 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-11-16 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-11-17 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-11-17 Passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 39
passage - 2021-11-17 In Messages
- 2021-11-17 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-11-17 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2021-11-17 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-11-17 Received
- 2021-11-17 Substituted for SB 2-B
- 2021-11-17 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-11-17 Amendment(s) failed (316770, 450848, 609214) -SJ 15, 17
- 2021-11-17 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-11-17 Passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 14
passage - 2021-11-17 In Messages
- 2021-11-17 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-11-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-11-18 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-11-19 Chapter No. 2021-272; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 3B (Ch. 2021-273)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96cf922a-9411-4044-bcde-d2eb4f244021. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).