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type: "Bill"
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title: "Postsecondary Educational Institutions"
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description: "Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Revises date by which State Board of Education & Board of Governors must annually compile & publish specified assessments; prohibits public institutions of higher education from requiring completion of political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; provides requirements for such prohibited tests & qualifications; requires each state university to establish Office of Public Policy Events; provides duties of offices; authorizes state university to assign duties of office to existing office within university; designates Florida Student Association as nonprofit advocacy organization for students of State University System; & authorizes Chancellor of BOG, with approval from BOG, to designate another organization to serve such students."
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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 931"
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citation: "Florida HB 931 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-83"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roach"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df80a68a-97cc-46dd-b036-4db16092bcad"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "051f7baeece11d1326032680b4927d71ca135270264813915a857f2c93c26519"
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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 931 (2023) — Postsecondary Educational Institutions
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Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Revises date by which State Board of Education & Board of Governors must annually compile & publish specified assessments; prohibits public institutions of higher education from requiring completion of political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; provides requirements for such prohibited tests & qualifications; requires each state university to establish Office of Public Policy Events; provides duties of offices; authorizes state university to assign duties of office to existing office within university; designates Florida Student Association as nonprofit advocacy organization for students of State University System; & authorizes Chancellor of BOG, with approval from BOG, to designate another organization to serve such students.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-83.
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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 931 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 931 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 931 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 931 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/931/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–3** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **33–5** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee) — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **82–34** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **15–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
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- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Roach — primary (person)
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- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- McClain — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Now in Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-03** Added to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-07** Reported out of Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-15** Favorable with CS by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-16** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-17** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-17** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2023-04-17** PCS 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 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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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; YEAS 82, NAYS 34 `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/SB 958
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 5 `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** In Messages
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- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-16** Chapter No. 2023-83
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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/df80a68a-97cc-46dd-b036-4db16092bcad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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