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FL HB 615

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Individual Education Plans

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Individual Education Plans; Revises requirements for school districts relating to determination of eligibility, implementation, & accountability for student IEPs; provides that parent has right to access, upon request, service logs within specified timeframe; requires IEP team to inform parents of such right; requires each school district to provide individualized orientation to parent of student newly identified to be eligible for exceptional student education services; requires school district to obtain signed acknowledgement from each parent; provides requirements for orientation & acknowledgement; requires school districts to notify parents of available refresher orientations each year; requires that certain information be retained in student's education records; requires school districts to develop standardized services logs for provisions of specified services for use by specified persons.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2026-59)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Tendrichprimary
  • Student Academic Success Subcommitteeprimary
  • Education Administration Subcommitteeprimary
  • Gerwigcosponsor
  • Valdéscosponsor
  • Basabecosponsor
  • Trabulsycosponsor
  • López, J.cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-03

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-12-12

    Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-12-12

    Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-12-12

    Referred to Education & Employment Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-12-12

    Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee

  6. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  7. 2026-01-27

    Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda

  8. 2026-01-29

    Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-01-30

    Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee

  10. 2026-01-30

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  11. 2026-01-30

    CS Filed

    filing

  12. 2026-01-30

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  13. 2026-02-02

    Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  14. 2026-02-02

    Referred to Education & Employment Committee

    referral-committee

  15. 2026-02-02

    Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

  16. 2026-02-03

    Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

  17. 2026-02-05

    Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2026-02-06

    Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee

  19. 2026-02-06

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  20. 2026-02-06

    CS Filed

    filing

  21. 2026-02-09

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    reading-1

  22. 2026-02-09

    Referred to Education & Employment Committee

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-02-09

    Now in Education & Employment Committee

  24. 2026-02-13

    Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

  25. 2026-02-17

    Favorable by Education & Employment Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2026-02-17

    Reported out of Education & Employment Committee

  27. 2026-02-17

    Bill released to House Calendar

  28. 2026-02-17

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  29. 2026-02-26

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)

  30. 2026-03-04

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  31. 2026-03-04

    Added to Third Reading Calendar

  32. 2026-03-04

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2026-03-04

    CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0

    passage

  34. 2026-03-04

    In Messages

  35. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Rules

    referral-committee

  36. 2026-03-04

    Received

    enrolled

  37. 2026-03-13

    Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2026-59)

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Student Academic Success Subcommittee)

    2026-01-29 · pass · 14-0

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education Administration Subcommittee)

    2026-02-05 · pass · 15-0

  • Favorable (Education & Employment Committee)

    2026-02-17 · pass · 19-0

  • Passage, Third Reading

    2026-03-04 · pass · 112-0

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Abbott: yes
    • Eskamani: yes
    • Oliver: yes
    • Albert: yes
    • Esposito: yes
    • Overdorf: yes
    • Alvarez, D.: yes
    • Fabricio: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Franklin: yes
    • Partington: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gantt: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Garrison: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Antone: yes
    • Gentry: yes
    • Plakon: yes
    • Aristide: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Plasencia: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Giallombardo: yes
    • Porras: yes
    • Bankson: yes
    • Gonzalez Pittman: yes
    • Rayner: yes
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Redondo: yes
    • Bartleman: yes
    • Gottlieb: yes
    • Rizo: yes
    • Basabe: yes
    • Greco: yes
    • Robinson, F.: yes
    • Benarroch: yes
    • Griffitts: yes
    • Robinson, W.: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Grow: yes
    • Rosenwald: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Salzman: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Hart-Lowman: yes
    • Sapp: yes
    • Booth: yes
    • Hinson: yes
    • Shoaf: yes
    • Borrero: yes
    • Hodgers: yes
    • Sirois: yes
    • Botana: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Skidmore: yes
    • Boyles: yes
    • Hunschofsky: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Brackett: yes
    • Jacques: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Brannan: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Spencer: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Busatta: yes
    • Kendall: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Kincart Jonsson: yes
    • Tant: yes
    • Canady: yes
    • Koster: yes
    • Tendrich: yes
    • Cassel: yes
    • LaMarca: yes
    • Tomkow: yes
    • Chamberlin: yes
    • Long: yes
    • Trabulsy: yes
    • Chambliss: yes
    • López, J.: yes
    • Tramont: yes
    • Chaney: yes
    • Maggard: yes
    • Tuck: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Maney: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Conerly: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Cross: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Daley: yes
    • Melo: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Driskell: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Duggan: yes
    • Mooney: yes
    • Dunkley: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Nixon: yes
    • Barnaby: not voting
    • Joseph: not voting
    • Michael: not voting
    • Yeager: not voting
    • Edmonds: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/615/ByCategory

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