# Florida HB 1073: Public Education

Florida HB 1073, Public Education, is a 2026 House bill sponsored by Traci Koster (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-12 (Chapter No. 2026-73) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida HB 1073
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Public Education
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-06
- Last action: 2026-05-12, Chapter No. 2026-73
- Sponsor: Traci Koster (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Administration Subcommittee, Education & Employment Committee, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (241 yes, 10 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- School workers protected from forced confidentiality agreements: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida school districts cannot require employees to sign nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements. Districts also cannot offer incentives for signing them. They cannot use job conditions to get around this ban.
- Clear hiring rejection grounds for school boards: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida law defines grounds that count as good cause for rejecting a school district employee nominee. These include fabricated or materially exaggerated credentials or background, and failure to meet the job’s minimum requirements. They also include an educator certificate…
- More openness about school board business: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida school board members can comment publicly on district business during or outside meetings. This right excludes student and employee disciplinary hearings covered by state law, and other legally barred matters. Districts must keep board meeting documents as public rec…
- School board members get stronger information rights: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida school board members get free, timely access to district records needed for their duties. Requests tied to matters at publicly noticed board meetings must be filled within 10 business days. Records given to one member must be offered to all members, and confidential…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Traci Koster (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Education Administration Subcommittee

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-12 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 108 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 96 | 10 |   |

## Actions (43)

- 2026-05-12: Chapter No. 2026-73
- 2026-05-11: Approved by Governor
- 2026-04-30: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-12: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-12: CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Amendment 192994 Concur (House)
- 2026-03-12: Added to Senate Message List (House)
- 2026-03-09: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-09: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 695 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 695 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Amendment(s) adopted (192994) -SJ 694 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 694 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1620 -SJ 694 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 694 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Received (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Rules (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: In Messages (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: CS passed as amended; YEAS 96, NAYS 10 (House)
- 2026-02-17: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-02-17: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-17: Amendment 027385 adopted (House)
- 2026-02-17: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-02-17: Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026) (House)
- 2026-02-03: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-03: Bill released to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-03: Reported out of Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2026-02-03: Favorable by Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2026-01-30: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda (House)
- 2026-01-30: Now in Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2026-01-30: Referred to Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2026-01-29: CS Filed (House)
- 2026-01-29: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House)
- 2026-01-29: Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-29: Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-27: PCS added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda (House)
- 2026-01-13: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House)
- 2026-01-12: Now in Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Education & Employment Committee (House)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-06: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/er/PDF)
- e2, 2026-03-13: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/e2/PDF)
- e1, 2026-02-17: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-29: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2026-01-06: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/e2/PDF)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1073/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1073-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).