Florida Senate Bill 182

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 21 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-21 - Chapter No. 2026-33
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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.

Education

Senate Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education	Senate Education Pre-K - 12 Committee	Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]	Sen. Clay Yarborough [R]
Sen. Rosalind Osgood [D]	Sen. Ralph Massullo [R]	Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis [D]

2026-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#850 (Y: 91 N: 11 NV: 15 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-12 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-11 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#791 (Y: 110 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#27 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-03-02 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - Senate - Senate Education Pre-K - 12 (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

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

H157 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Education & Employment Committee
H127 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
H371 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died on Second Reading Calendar
H833 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
H1071 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
S318 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Messages
S420 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Messages
S444 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1264 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S7036 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died on Calendar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1002	33		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1002	395		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1002	42		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1003	42		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1003	44		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1011	62		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1012	988		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Amendment/779178/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Amendment/696291/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Amendment/899512/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.pre.ed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.ed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.pre.aed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.aed.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Analyses/2026s00182.hms.ed.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/2026-02-10%200300PM~S00182%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/2026-02-25%200930AM~S00182%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/2026-03-02%201200PM~S00182%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/SenateVote_s00182c2027.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/HouseVote_s00182c2791.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/SenateVote_s00182c2005.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/Vote/HouseVote_s00182c2850.PDF