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| Bill | Technology in K-12 Public Schools | Technology in K-12 Public Schools; Prohibiting the use of certain platforms on district-owned devices and through Internet access provided by the school district; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to designate an area for wireless communications during instructional time; requiring public schools to provide instruction on the social, emotional, and physical effects of social media, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 379 | Florida HB 379 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-36 |
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4 | 43 | 5 | 2023-01-23 | 2023-05-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/9761be80-1bbd-4d82-930b-c9963efc469c | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/379/ByCategory | 63a2b769b7a3ebe33f7e5b3b449a6feab27b0eb204516e4eb453a6a1bf732e6a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 379 (2023) — Technology in K-12 Public Schools
Technology in K-12 Public Schools; Prohibiting the use of certain platforms on district-owned devices and through Internet access provided by the school district; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to designate an area for wireless communications during instructional time; requiring public schools to provide instruction on the social, emotional, and physical effects of social media, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-36.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 379 Filed (filed) — source
- H 379 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 379 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 379 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 114–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Yeager — primary (person)
- Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-23 Filed
filing - 2023-02-01 Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-02-01 Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-02-01 Referred to Education & Employment Committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-01 Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- 2023-03-07 PCS added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-09 Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-09 Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- 2023-03-09 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-09 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-10 Referred to Education & Employment Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-10 Now in Education & Employment Committee
- 2023-03-10 Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- 2023-03-14 Favorable by Education & Employment Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-14 Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- 2023-03-14 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2023-03-14 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-03-23 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- 2023-03-30 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-03-30 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-30 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-03-31 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-31 CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-03-31 In Messages
- 2023-03-31 Referred to Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-04-03 Received
enrolled - 2023-04-18 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
withdrawal - 2023-04-18 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-18 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 52
- 2023-04-18 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-18 Amendment(s) adopted (869924)
- 2023-04-18 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-18 CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-19 In Messages
- 2023-05-03 Added to Senate Message List
- 2023-05-03 Amendment 869924 Concur
- 2023-05-03 CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-03 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-08 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-09 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-10 Chapter No. 2023-36
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9761be80-1bbd-4d82-930b-c9963efc469c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).