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IntroducedDec 11, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 05, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 06, 2026
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
School Counselors; Requires evaluation criteria for certified school counselors to be based on specified standards; provides that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; & provides that school districts may require such persons to meet certain requirements as condition of employment.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 06, 2026: Ordered enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 753
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Education Administration Subcommitteeprimary
- Careers & Workforce Subcommitteeprimary
- Eskamanicosponsor
- Partingtoncosponsor
- Rizocosponsor
- Valdéscosponsor
Votes
YES: 103
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Benarroch
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Harris
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Campbell
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Trabulsy
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Nixon
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 14
Actions
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Ordered enrolled
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Rules
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1036
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 0
- Mar 02, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Favorable by Education & Employment Committee
- Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- Bill released to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Referred to Education & Employment Committee
- Now in Education & Employment Committee
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee
- Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
- Referred to Education & Employment Committee
- Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- Jan 15, 2026 | House
- PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Jan 05, 2026 | House
- Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
- Referred to Education & Employment Committee
- Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- Dec 11, 2025 | House
- Filed
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