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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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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.

  1. H 1B Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 1B er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • A - 139915, Adoption, Second Reading — 3973 (fail) · lower
  • Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 186 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 2414 (pass) · upper
  • Quorum, Third Reading — 1170 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 7839 (pass) · lower
  • A - 886167, Adoption, Second Reading — 4078 (fail) · lower
  • A - 139915, Quorum, Second Reading — 1120 (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).