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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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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.

  1. H 7 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 7 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 7 e1 (engrossed) — source
  4. H 7 e2 (engrossed) — source
  5. H 7 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • A - 135269, Adoption, Second Reading — 3676 (fail) · lower
  • A - 728883, Adoption, Second Reading — 3673 (fail) · lower
  • SA - 744731, Adoption, Second Reading — 1130 (pass) · lower
  • A - 158369, Adoption, Second Reading — 3479 (fail) · lower
  • Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — 168 (pass) · lower
  • SA - 849027, Adoption, Second Reading — 1130 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable — 125 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 2415 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — 147 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 147 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 7441 (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).