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| Bill | Individual Freedom | Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2022 | HB 7 | Florida HB 7 (2022) |
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enacted | 2022-72 |
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5 | 66 | 11 | 2022-01-11 | 2022-04-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/209cd2b5-b8d1-44cf-a63e-dbc8a34dc324 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/ByCategory | 8cce54df90613465a7875b3012633cc632b438d1f1cc4f5fc6f073c73edd2544 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 7 (2022) — Individual Freedom
Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-72.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 7 Filed (filed) — source
- H 7 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 7 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 7 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 7 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- A - 135269, Adoption, Second Reading — 36–76 (fail) · lower
- A - 728883, Adoption, Second Reading — 36–73 (fail) · lower
- SA - 744731, Adoption, Second Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
- A - 158369, Adoption, Second Reading — 34–79 (fail) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — 16–8 (pass) · lower
- SA - 849027, Adoption, Second Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 12–5 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 24–15 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 74–41 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Avila — primary (person)
- Education and Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Grall — cosponsor (person)
- Latvala — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Filed
filing - 2022-01-11 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2022-01-12 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2022-01-12 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2022-01-12 Referred to Education & Employment Committee
referral-committee - 2022-01-12 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2022-01-24 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2022-01-26 Favorable by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-01-26 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2022-01-26 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2022-01-28 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- 2022-02-01 Favorable by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-01 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- 2022-02-01 Now in Education & Employment Committee
- 2022-02-04 Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- 2022-02-09 Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
- 2022-02-11 Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- 2022-02-11 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2022-02-11 CS Filed
- 2022-02-14 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2022-02-14 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2022-02-14 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2022-02-17 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- 2022-02-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2022-02-22 Amendment 982331 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 158369 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 728883 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 135269 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 258705 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 886553 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 161453 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 626959 adopted
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 849027 adopted
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 413091 superseded by substitute
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 744731 adopted
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 174391 superseded by substitute
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 501213 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 872065 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 406807 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 333285 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 017987 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Amendment 487075 Failed
- 2022-02-22 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2022-02-22 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2022-02-24 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2022-02-24 Amendment 567941 Failed
- 2022-02-24 Amendment 751037 adopted
- 2022-02-24 CS passed as amended; YEAS 74, NAYS 41
passage - 2022-02-24 Immediately certified
- 2022-02-24 In Messages
- 2022-02-24 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2022-02-25 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/01/22, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2022-02-28 Received
- 2022-03-01 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 5
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2022-03-07 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/22
- 2022-03-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2022-03-09 Amendment(s) failed (275286, 323462, 384306, 491112, 628910, 901674) -SJ 746, 747
- 2022-03-09 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2022-03-10 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2022-03-10 CS passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 15
passage - 2022-03-10 In Messages
- 2022-03-10 Ordered enrolled
- 2022-04-22 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2022-04-22 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-04-22 Chapter No. 2022-72; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2524 (Ch. 2022-154)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/209cd2b5-b8d1-44cf-a63e-dbc8a34dc324. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).