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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County School District, Lee County"
description: "Lee County School District, Lee County; Repeals Lee County School Board resolution which provides for appointed superintendent of schools; provides for elected superintendent of schools & referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Florida HB 497 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-233"
primary_sponsors: ["Persons-Mulicka"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-04"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ffc188d-699e-4380-a58d-ae4d9af3c601"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/497/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a7cf8ff9c080442d45466483d94084e253ccdac60a491fc40260eaccb1cc74bf"
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 497 (2022) — Lee County School District, Lee County
Lee County School District, Lee County; Repeals Lee County School Board resolution which provides for appointed superintendent of schools; provides for elected superintendent of schools & referendum.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-233.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 497 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/497/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 497 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/497/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **134** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **9621** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-11-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-19** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-19** Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-19** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-13** Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2022-01-14** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
- **2022-01-19** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-24** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-01-26** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-01-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/9/2022)
- **2022-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Passed; YEAS 96, NAYS 21 `passage`
- **2022-02-10** In Messages
- **2022-02-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Received
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/10/22
- **2022-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-29** Chapter No. 2022-233
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ffc188d-699e-4380-a58d-ae4d9af3c601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).