FL SB 1620
died on adjournmentPublic Education
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did FL SB 1620 pass?
No. FL SB 1620 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-09): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1073 (Ch. 2026-73)
What is FL SB 1620 about?
Public Education; Providing members of a district school board with specified rights; requiring that certain documents from district school board meetings be kept as public records; providing that a school district employee may not be required or incentivized to sign a nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement; prohibiting a school district from imposing certain conditions on employment, etc.
Who sponsors FL SB 1620?
Leek, Judiciary, Rules are the primary sponsors of FL SB 1620, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Public Education; Providing members of a district school board with specified rights; requiring that certain documents from district school board meetings be kept as public records; providing that a school district employee may not be required or incentivized to sign a nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement; prohibiting a school district from imposing certain conditions on employment, etc.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-22
- Latest action
- 2026-03-09 — Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1073 (Ch. 2026-73)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Leekprimary
- Judiciaryprimary
- Rulesprimary
- Gaetzcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-09
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1073 (Ch. 2026-73)
deferral
2026-03-09
Substituted CS/HB 1073
2026-03-09
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-03-04
CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-03-04
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26
2026-03-04
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-03-04
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-03-03
CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
2026-02-26
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-18
CS by Judiciary read 1st time
2026-02-12
Now in Rules
2026-02-11
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-10
CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2026-02-05
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-02-03
Now in Judiciary
2026-02-03
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-29
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-22
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-16
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-09
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Favorable
2026-02-03 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Berman: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- Simon: yes
- Davis: other
- Yarborough: other
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-02-10 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Berman: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Leek: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Burton: yes
- Yarborough: yes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-03-03 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (24)
- Berman: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Burton: yes
- Davis: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Martin: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Wright: yes
- Jones: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Avila: other
- Simon: other
Related bills
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