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type: "Bill"
title: "Education"
description: "Education; Requiring the department to submit a report to specified parties on a periodic schedule beginning on a specified date; revising requirements for certain child care providers to obtain and maintain a designation as a Gold Seal Quality Care provider, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Florida HB 443 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-102"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdés"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a80090d-cdab-4b8c-b931-2d661cdf4fb2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/443/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a7b2ffd97fd51c3f867a5fc6792a55b04105e31606837c7806d5fbeef4262a9d"
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 HB 443 (2023) — Education
Education; Requiring the department to submit a report to specified parties on a periodic schedule beginning on a specified date; revising requirements for certain child care providers to obtain and maintain a designation as a Gold Seal Quality Care provider, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-102.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 443 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/443/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 443 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/443/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 443 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/443/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 443 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/443/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 443 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/443/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **354** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Valdés — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** 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** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** PCS added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Original reference removed: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 406423 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 031289 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 209005 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 986
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-102
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a80090d-cdab-4b8c-b931-2d661cdf4fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).