Florida 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 931 — Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Last action — Chapter No. 2023-83

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) on May 15, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    3 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Chapter No. 2023-83

  2. Approved by Governor

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. Ordered enrolled

  5. In Messages

  6. CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 5

  7. Read 3rd time

  8. Read 2nd time

  9. Substituted for CS/SB 958

  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  11. Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy

  12. Received

  13. Referred to Fiscal Policy

  14. In Messages

  15. CS passed; YEAS 82, NAYS 34

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  18. Placed on 3rd reading

  19. Read 2nd time

  20. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  21. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)

  22. Bill referred to House Calendar

  23. CS Filed

  24. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  25. Reported out of Education & Employment Committee

  26. Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee

  27. PCS added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

  28. Now in Education & Employment Committee

  29. Referred to Education & Employment Committee

  30. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  31. CS Filed

  32. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  33. Reported out of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee

  34. Favorable with CS by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee

  35. Added to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee agenda

  36. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  37. Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee

  38. Reported out of Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee

  39. Favorable by Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee

  40. Added to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee agenda

  41. Now in Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee

  42. Referred to Education & Employment Committee

  43. Referred to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee

  44. Referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee

  45. Filed

Sponsors

  • Dana Trabulsy · Cosponsor
  • Roth · Cosponsor
  • Stan McClain · Cosponsor
  • Garcia · Cosponsor
  • Fernandez-Barquin · Cosponsor
  • Kimberly Daniels · Cosponsor
  • Webster Barnaby · Cosponsor
  • Roach · Primary
  • Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee · Primary
  • Education & Employment Committee · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 154 not signed on · 31 voted No

Sponsors (3)

  • Roach
  • Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Education & Employment Committee

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (154)

154 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 33 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 22000
Unaffiliated 7301
Democrat 3201
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 33502
% of votes cast 83%13%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Powell — Nay
Baxley — Yea
Book — Nay
Stewart — Yea
Ingoglia — Yea
Torres — Yea
Broxson — Yea
Collins — Yea
Perry — Yea
Hutson — Not Voting
Thompson, Geraldine F. "Geri" — Nay
Berman, Lori Democrat Nay
Davis, Tracie Democrat Not Voting
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Yea
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Yea
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Nay
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
Calatayud, Alexis Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Vacant Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 82 Yea · 34 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 61201
Democrat 22600
Unaffiliated 19602
Total 823403
% of votes cast 69%29%0%3%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Amesty — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Rayner-Goolsby — Nay
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Bell — Yea
Grant — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Roth — Yea
Benjamin — Nay
Rudman — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Silvers — Nay
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Temple — Yea
Casello — Nay
Tomkow — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Nay
Fine — Not Voting
Caruso — Not Voting
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Nay
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Nay
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Nay
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Nay
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Nay
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Nay
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Nay
Daley, Dan Democrat Nay
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Nay
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Nay
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Nay
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Nay
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Nay
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Nay
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Nay
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Nay
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Nay
López, Johanna Democrat Nay
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Nay
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Nay
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Nay
Tant, Allison Democrat Nay
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Nay
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Nay
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Not Voting
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Nay
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Favorable (Education & Employment Committee)

Passed 15 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12100
Unaffiliated 2102
Democrat 1200
Total 15402
% of votes cast 71%19%0%10%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Bell — Not Voting
Fine — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Williams — Nay
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Nay
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Nay
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Nay

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee)

Passed 10 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7000
Unaffiliated 1101
Democrat 2200
Total 10301
% of votes cast 71%21%0%7%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Benjamin — Nay
Caruso — Not Voting
Rudman — Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Nay
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Nay
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea

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Favorable (Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee)

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Democrat 0500
Republican 6000
Total 12501
% of votes cast 67%28%0%6%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Hawkins — Yea
Rudman — Yea
Temple — Yea
Amesty — Yea
Bell — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Lopez, V. — Not Voting
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Nay
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Nay
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Nay
Tant, Allison Democrat Nay
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 931 do?
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.
Who sponsors HB 931?
HB 931 is sponsored by Trabulsy, Dana (Republican), Roth, McClain, Stan (Republican), Garcia, Fernandez-Barquin, Daniels, Kimberly (Democrat), Barnaby, Webster (Republican), Roach, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, and Education & Employment Committee.
What is the current status of HB 931?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2023. Enacted.
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