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type: "Bill"
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title: "Educator Preparation and Certification"
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description: "Educator Preparation and Certification; Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional certificates; requiring that subject area coverages and endorsements for a certificateholder be reinstated with the certificateholder's professional certificate; revising requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate; providing that certain requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate may not be satisfied using specific inservice points; requiring the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence to collaborate with the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching for specified purposes; requiring, rather than authorizing, the center to submit a specified professional learning system for approval by the department; requiring the center to allow certain certified educators to use such professional learning system for specified purposes at no cost to the educator; requiring the center to submit inservice points for such educators to the department; requiring the center to provide information on certain school district professional learning systems to certain certified educators, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 561"
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citation: "Florida HB 561 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-106"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerwig"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-12-01"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6064efe-8287-4982-b197-e19a70ef3f15"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/561/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "5deb3753770f6194ff5a93d24792ff7481258202e429813a6c718bec4cdae990"
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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 561 (2026) — Educator Preparation and Certification
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Educator Preparation and Certification; Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional certificates; requiring that subject area coverages and endorsements for a certificateholder be reinstated with the certificateholder's professional certificate; revising requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate; providing that certain requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate may not be satisfied using specific inservice points; requiring the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence to collaborate with the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching for specified purposes; requiring, rather than authorizing, the center to submit a specified professional learning system for approval by the department; requiring the center to allow certain certified educators to use such professional learning system for specified purposes at no cost to the educator; requiring the center to submit inservice points for such educators to the department; requiring the center to provide information on certain school district professional learning systems to certain certified educators, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-106.
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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 561 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/561/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 561 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/561/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 561 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/561/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Careers & Workforce Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
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- Gerwig — primary (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-12-12** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-12** Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-12** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-12** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-12** Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** Favorable by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-14** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-14** Now in PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-02** Added to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-02-04** Favorable by PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported out of PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-04** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2026-02-06** PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
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- **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** In Messages
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- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-05** Substituted for SB 1718
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- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** In Messages
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- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-106
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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/d6064efe-8287-4982-b197-e19a70ef3f15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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