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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education"
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description: "Education; Requiring school districts to annually review and confirm that specified information is accurate and up to date; creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; requiring the Commission for Independent Education to annually prepare an accountability report by a specified date; providing requirements for searches of students’ personal belongings; requiring dual enrollment courses to be age and developmentally appropriate; authorizing students to use a combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours to meet certain program eligibility requirements; providing an appropriation, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1537"
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citation: "Florida HB 1537 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["commercial relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-39"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniels", "Rizo"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 63
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-03-06"
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last_action: "2023-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42bc652f-06db-479a-bd2d-ac7e9826457d"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "9da385698eae451d2bdc1081dbfd12298734d5ec1b62dc6fb625d7822a42f50a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 1537 (2023) — Education
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Education; Requiring school districts to annually review and confirm that specified information is accurate and up to date; creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; requiring the Commission for Independent Education to annually prepare an accountability report by a specified date; providing requirements for searches of students’ personal belongings; requiring dual enrollment courses to be age and developmentally appropriate; authorizing students to use a combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours to meet certain program eligibility requirements; providing an appropriation, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-39.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 1537 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1537 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1537 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1537 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/c3/PDF)
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5. **H 1537 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/e1/PDF)
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6. **H 1537 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/e2/PDF)
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7. **H 1537 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1537/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **112–3** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
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- Daniels — primary (person)
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- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
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- Education Quality Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Rizo — primary (person)
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- Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
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- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
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- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
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- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
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- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
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- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
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- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
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- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
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- Porras — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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- Temple — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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- Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-13** Added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-20** PCS added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-23** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-24** Original reference removed: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-24** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-24** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-24** Now in Appropriations Committee
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- **2023-04-10** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-12** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
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- **2023-04-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-04-13** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-13** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-17** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-20** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Amendment 926917 adopted
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- **2023-04-25** Amendment 384447 not allowed for consideration
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- **2023-04-25** Amendment 301481 adopted
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** In Messages
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- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1430
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (648866, 774200, 797990, 864902)
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** In Messages
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- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2023-05-03** Amendment 797990 Concur
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- **2023-05-03** Amendment 864902 Concur
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- **2023-05-03** Amendment 774200 Concur
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- **2023-05-03** Amendment 648866 Concur
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- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 3 `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-10** Chapter No. 2023-39; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 891 (Ch. 2023-66), CS/CS/SB 240 (Ch. 2023-81)
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- **2023-05-10** Chapter No. 2023-39; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 891 (Ch. 2023-66), CS/CS/SB 240 (Ch. 2023-81)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42bc652f-06db-479a-bd2d-ac7e9826457d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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