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type: "Bill"
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title: "Florida Virtual School"
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description: "Florida Virtual School; Provides flexibility in administration for specified assessments for FLVS full-time students of military families residing outside this state; provides requirements for such students, FLVS, & DOE."
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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 1597"
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citation: "Florida HB 1597 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-73"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gossett-Seidman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-03-06"
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last_action: "2023-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c8c71c-b139-4140-a7b4-6a48c60ea25a"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "a477e8cee383f84534c9db37da7962e846848515738b24f299d972242fc84442"
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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 1597 (2023) — Florida Virtual School
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Florida Virtual School; Provides flexibility in administration for specified assessments for FLVS full-time students of military families residing outside this state; provides requirements for such students, FLVS, & DOE.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-73.
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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 1597 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1597 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1597 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1597/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Gossett-Seidman — primary (person)
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- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
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- Canady — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- Melo — cosponsor (person)
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- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — 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 Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Appropriations Committee `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 Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-23** PCS added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-28** Original reference removed: Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-28** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
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- **2023-03-28** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-04-07** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** In Messages
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- **2023-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 926
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-73
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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/80c8c71c-b139-4140-a7b4-6a48c60ea25a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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