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type: "Bill"
title: "Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans"
description: "Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans; Authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requiring a teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold a temporary certificate; specifying the duration and issuance of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 896"
citation: "Florida SB 896 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-186"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Education"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-10"
last_action: "2022-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d6470c3-a0e7-4dc2-a1b2-4e5fff1341ad"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/896/ByCategory"
source_hash: "372a24c5dadf92849a685c394351603824b8c06a97dae6a9ff60f631695f695e"
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 SB 896 (2022) — Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans
Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans; Authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requiring a teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold a temporary certificate; specifying the duration and issuance of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-186.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 896 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/896/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 896 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/896/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 896 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/896/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **170** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **90** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
- Education — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-11-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-30** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Education; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-12** Now in Education
- **2022-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-01** CS by Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-02** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-02** CS by Education read 1st time
- **2022-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/22, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-10** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 573
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-10** Chapter No. 2022-186
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d6470c3-a0e7-4dc2-a1b2-4e5fff1341ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).