republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-1403.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Choice"
description: "School Choice; Revises contributions & provisions for Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; revises provisions for Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Hope Scholarship Program, virtual instruction program providers, private school requirements, & students in personalized education programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "Florida HB 1403 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-163"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomkow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-06"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d138a80-1fe5-4c70-8304-5fa6e02d8a00"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1403/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4d544e95399ca0859ce395df8a1438d2946d477064150c7aa791699fcb9f8c35"
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 1403 (2024) — School Choice

School Choice; Revises contributions & provisions for Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; revises provisions for Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Hope Scholarship Program, virtual instruction program providers, private school requirements, & students in personalized education programs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-163.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1403 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1403/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1403 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1403/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1403 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1403/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1403 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1403/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1403 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1403/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **89–18** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Choice & Innovation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Tomkow — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** Added to Choice & Innovation Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Favorable with CS by Choice & Innovation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Choice & Innovation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-12** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-12** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-17** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-01-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
- **2024-01-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Substituted for SB 7048
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (203782)
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 203782 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 89, NAYS 18 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-163; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7004 (Ch. 2024-160)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d138a80-1fe5-4c70-8304-5fa6e02d8a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).