republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-182.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education"
description: "Education; Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Florida SB 182 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-33"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-10-14"
last_action: "2026-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad5046dc-c007-40f6-b556-2dca320638ae"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/ByCategory"
source_hash: "82fb3ad1fa5ddbe58741c51c7baff441bc01c5d837620b574b302b6e3ba3c1a7"
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 SB 182 (2026) — Education

Education; Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-33.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 182 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 182 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 182 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 182 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 182 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **91–11** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education — primary (organization)
- Education Pre-K - 12 — primary (organization)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Bracy Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- Osgood — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-03** Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-10** CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-11** CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
- **2026-02-12** Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
- **2026-02-20** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/25/26, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-02-25** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-26** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-26** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
- **2026-03-02** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment 696291 adopted
- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In returning messages
- **2026-03-12** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (899512)
- **2026-03-12** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (696291)
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 899512 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 91, NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-21** Chapter No. 2026-33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad5046dc-c007-40f6-b556-2dca320638ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).