Florida House Bill 757

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Passed on May 18 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-18 - Chapter No. 2026-80
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requires a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; creates the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; provides that a person arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail; ranks an offense created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; authorizes the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, etc.

School Safety

House House Budget Committee	House Judiciary Committee	Rep. Michelle Salzman [R]	Rep. Alejandro Rizo [R]
Rep. Linda Chaney [R]	Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman [R]	Rep. Susan Valdes [R]

2026-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#834 (Y: 88 N: 20 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-11 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 (Y: 26 N: 10 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#613 (Y: 83 N: 25 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - House - House Budget Committee (Y: 23 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - House - House Education & Employment Committee (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-01-27 - House - House Judiciary Committee (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-18		Chapter No. 2026-80
2026-05-15		Approved by Governor
2026-05-11		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-12	House	Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2026-03-12	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 88, NAYS 20
2026-03-12	House	Amendment 263022 Concur
2026-03-12	House	Added to Senate Message List
2026-03-11	House	In Messages
2026-03-11	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 10
2026-03-11	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-03-11	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (263022)
2026-03-11	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-11	Senate	Substituted for CS/CS/SB 896
2026-03-11	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-03-11	Senate	Withdrawn from Rules
2026-02-26	Senate	Received
2026-02-26	Senate	Referred to Rules
2026-02-26	Senate	In Messages
2026-02-25	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 25
2026-02-25	House	Read 3rd time
2026-02-25	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 020155 Failed
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 347527 Failed
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 330695 Failed
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 872267 Failed
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 714819 adopted
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 429727 adopted
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 055721 adopted
2026-02-25	House	Read 2nd time
2026-02-19	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2026-02-12	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-12	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-11	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2026-02-11	House	CS Filed
2026-02-11	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-11	House	Reported out of Budget Committee
2026-02-10	House	Favorable with CS by Budget Committee
2026-02-06	House	PCS added to Budget Committee agenda
2026-02-03	House	Now in Budget Committee
2026-02-03	House	Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
2026-02-03	House	Favorable by Education & Employment Committee
2026-01-30	House	Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
2026-01-28	House	Now in Education & Employment Committee
2026-01-28	House	Referred to Budget Committee
2026-01-28	House	Referred to Education & Employment Committee
2026-01-27	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-01-27	House	CS Filed
2026-01-27	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-01-27	House	Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2026-01-27	House	Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
2026-01-23	House	PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-05	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Budget Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Education & Employment Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2025-12-12	House	Filed

S896 (Similar To) 2026-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 757

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1001	212		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1003	25		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1006	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1006	12		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1006	601		Amended Code	See Bill Text
30	15		Amended Code	See Bill Text
402	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text
790	115		Amended Code	See Bill Text
843	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	0022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
943	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text
943	082		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/BillText/e2/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/872267/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/052441/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/330695/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/407641/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/020155/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/055721/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/429727/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/714819/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/347527/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Amendment/938253/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Analyses/h0757.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Analyses/h0757a.EEC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Analyses/h0757b.EEC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Analyses/h0757d.BUC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Analyses/h0757z.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Analyses/h0757z1.JDC.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=75521&IsPCB=1&BillId=83394
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=75871&IsPCB=0&BillId=83394
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76328&IsPCB=1&BillId=83394
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Vote/HouseVote_h00757c2613.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Vote/SenateVote_h00757e1025.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/757/Vote/HouseVote_h00757e1834.PDF