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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Term Limits for District School Board Members"
description: "Term Limits for District School Board Members; Revises term limits for district school board members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Florida HB 477 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-37"
primary_sponsors: ["Rizo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efef21f2-83a3-4f9f-9a67-3bda314d4799"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/477/ByCategory"
source_hash: "dae9a821a817b26f063c27727d1d020f3c48e95ef865dc748d6949ae206666c7"
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 477 (2023) — Term Limits for District School Board Members
Term Limits for District School Board Members; Revises term limits for district school board members.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-37.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 477 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/477/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 477 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/477/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **164** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **307** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Choice & Innovation Subcommittee) — **144** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **7929** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rizo — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — 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 Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-02-07** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-14** Favorable by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2023-02-14** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-09** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17** Passed; YEAS 79, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2023-03-17** In Messages
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/24/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/23
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered 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. 2023-37
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efef21f2-83a3-4f9f-9a67-3bda314d4799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).